Middlebury Campus 1992-04-23 : Volume 90, Issue 21

The Middlebury Campus

Vol.90No.21

Middlebury, Vermont

Established 1905

Thursday .April 23.1992

Middlebury students march to take back the night

By Rebecca Plona

On Thursday, April 16. members of
the college community took part in the
annual ‘Take Back the Night” march
and rally, featuring acandlelight march,
music by Alicia Mathewson '92, a
speaker, and an open microphone ses¬
sion. This year’s march was organized
by Sara Weale ’92, Lisa Darak ’92, and
Tracey Merrill ’92.

‘Take Back the Night” marches
began in the early 1970s in response to
the dangers posed to people, especially
women, during the nighttime hours.
Since then, the marches have spread
and are now held annually on college
campuses and in towns nationwide. “It
was started because women were sick
of being afraid at night,” said Weale.

Following a presentation by Susan
Sweetser, founder of Survivors of
Crime and a survivor of sexual assault
herself, an open mike session was held
in Upper Proctor, at which women were
encouraged to share their experiences
with others.

Sweetser related the story of her
own sexual assault eleven years ago at
the hands of a man she stopped to help
on a Vermont country road. She told
die audience of her ordeal in graphic
detail, and her struggle with the Ver¬
mont criminal justice system to get this
man, a prior sex offender, convicted.
She struggled for eleven and a half
years with the Vermont courts, trying
to find justice and was met with disap¬
pointment. disinterest, and failure.

“I went to the system looking for

justice,” she said of her court experi¬
ences, “and after two years, I had found
none. After four years it became hu¬
miliating. After nine years we realized
that the court doors were closed to us.”

Sweetser decided in 1990to go pub¬
lic with her story in the hopes of aiding
other victims of violent crime, be it
sexual or physical assault, abuse, or
domestic violence. She founded Sur :
vivors of Crime that same year with
another woman who had also been
raped. The Vermont organization,
which has dedicated itself to working
for legislation that will protect the vic¬
tims of crimes, now has about 1200
members.

“It’s time to stop focusing on the
victim’s conduct, and start focusing on
the offender’s,” she told the group.
“It’s not what the women do wrong, it’s
what the men do wrong.”

When the open mike session began,
students who were victims of a violent
crime, or close to someone who was,
got up to speak in front of the group.
Some of the survivors spoke of their
own ordeals. Others tried to share their
frustration and fear. Still others gave
advice to the audience on dealing with
an assault, or how to prevent one.

One survivor expressed frustration
with the lack of safely measures an
campus—namely, poor lighting and
lack of emergency phones, which can
be found on many campuses across die
country. According to the speaker, die
administration felt that until proof of
need was demonstrated, these safety

Students light cadles In preparation for march.

Photo by Roberta Stewart

measures were unnecessary.

“Why do we have to wait for an
attack to happen before something is
done?” she asked. “Nobody should
have to feel this way.”

Another survivor advised the crowd
(continued on page 4)

Rain puts a damper on
Earth Day activities

Congressman Sanders speaks out

Vermont Representative Berate Sanders discusses his views.

a Tuesday, April 21, The Campus
interviewed Vermont’s Independent
United Stales Representative, Bernard
Sanders. Sanders, Vermont’s sole rep¬
resentative, is a Democratic Socialist
in die second year of his first term in
Congress. The following are excerpts
taken from that interview.

Campus: Last year when you vis¬
ited Middlebury on Earth Day you ex-
prcsaed concern over the fate of die
local family farms of Vermont in the
light of recent Federal policies. What
has happened to local fanning since
then?

Sanders: b has been a very bad

year. Politically, there were several ef¬

forts to try to protect family farms, and
we have, frankly, not been successful.
Senators and Congressmen from farm
districts are not a significant force in
Congress. The population of family
farms has significantly dwindled, and
in their proper representation, die fact
of the matter today is that family farms
have their backs up against the wall. In
many instances the amount of money
they are bringing in is not equivalent to
ho w much it costs to produce die prod¬
uct What you are seeing, and have
seen in the last ten years, is the loss of
hundreds of thousands of terms. We
are down to 2400 farms m Vermont.
The fact of the matter is that we cat
save die family term. But you t

Photo by Ed Soh

need a strong Federal legislation, which
would develop what you call a two tier
supply management system, [for ex¬
ample] guaranteeing farmers a fair price
for the milk and at the same tune pre¬
venting over-production which is why
term prices go up. But imfortunalely
wehaveaPresidentof the United States
who is much mote interested in pro¬
tecting the interest of agribusiness. He
is developing devastating policies for
family farms. Here is a debate; if you
believe in free market economics, then
what the President of the U.S. would
toll you is, ‘what’s the problem?’ That
is what the free maricet is about The
danger with that theory of agriculture,
(continued on page 4)

By Lisa Healy

This week marked the 22nd cel¬
ebration of Earth Day, a day on which
the environment is recognized as some¬
thing that must be protected and pre¬
served. Although Environmental Qual-
ity worked to plan events for last Satur¬
day in celebration of Earth Day, these
activities were cancelled due to in¬
clement weather.

After a scheduled picnic was moved
indoors, the speakers from Vermont
Public Interest Research Group and the
Department of Environmental Conser¬
vation decided that the hew location
would be an inappropriate forum for
their lectures, as space would be a
problem. Booths representing various
organizations and workshops planned
to be held outside were also cancelled.
Despite all the cancellations, one band,
the Pete Sunderland and Friends String
Band, entertained crowds in Upper
Proctor during Saturday lunch.

Earth Week events scheduled for
this past week included music and let¬
ter writing to Congress on Proctor ter¬
race, and nature poetry readings in the
Gifford Ampitheatre on Wednesday
evening.

Earth Day was founded in 1970 as
more and more people began to realize
that the earth needed a good public
relations event. Organizers believed
that people needed to be informed that
the nation’s drinking water was be¬

coming polluted, the air was dangerous
to breathe, and nursery schools were
being built on top of toxic waau dumps.

The founders of Earth Day had
hopep that this day would bring about a
new era in which people would make
efforts to protect and preserve the envi¬
ronment. Earth Day serves as lbs birth¬
day of the environmental movement, a
day celebrating the increased environ¬
mental awareness that has developed
in our country and all over the world
since the first Earth Day twenty years
ago.

Since Earth Day 1970, the govern¬
ment has taken monumental steps to
protect the environment: Congress has
passed such legislation as the Clean Air
Act, the Superfund regulations and the
Safe Drinking Water Act.

Environmental Studies has become
a major at most universities, and ca¬
reers in environmental law and envi¬
ronmental consulting have become
more and more popular. Our own col¬
lege not only has an environmental
studies major, but also an environmen¬
tal studies house where those inter¬
ested can live in a low-impact, environ¬
mentally aware area.

Tara Thomas '93. president of En¬
vironmental Quality, said/Tt is unfor¬
tunate that it couldn't be a large out¬
door celebration, but we must take what
the earth gives us. And in this case, the
earth gave its rain snd snow.”

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College Shorts

Students suspended
for grade tampering

The walk-out comes leas than a
week after a fight in a residence hah
that involved 70 African-American and
white students. The brawl, sparked by
One student was expelled and nine several weeks of increasing racial ten-
others were suspended from Hunter sion on campus, ted Olivet's President,
College in New York when officials Donald A. Morris, to excuse from
teamed dut the students paid to have classes any of the 700 students at die
their grades adjusted. college who chose to leave following

The suspe n ded students paid an- the outbreak,
other student as much aaS200 to have The African-American students is-

their grades charged in 1990. The sued a list of demands to die college’s
student, who was eventually expelled, administration, which has already
convince an employee in the registrar's adopted new measures in an attempt to
office to change the grades. Most of the improve the racial climate on campus,
students involved were membersof the

ZeuBetaTau fraternity. Students at U Of Iowa

The employee responsible for the

gmderiSgI.ZZfermd.but eUTOU in Elvis ClaSS

, Following the University of
Michigan’s loss to Duke in the NCAA
basketball finals, a riot erupted on the
Ann Arbor campus, resulting in police
intervention and five arrests.

A crowd of about 500 hundred
people gathered after the game, and
mounted policemen, dressed in riot
gear, attempted to disperse the stu¬
dents.

Police claim that tear gas was used
only because some fans threw bottles
and refused to leave the grounds.

None of die people arrested were
Univereity students.

A cat falls short of
election bid at U
Florida

In an attempt to open up communi¬
cation betwem the student government
airi the student body at the University
of Florida, scat named Gibby entered
Ait ncc for •twAft body president,

by UFsBoatd of Masters.

Gibby’s owner, Christopher
Georgoff, claims his cat has been talk¬
ing to Mm ever since he got her, and
that ah* was the Roman F m pr w
Marcus Aurelius in a previous life.

The cat ran on the platform of giv¬
ing away free beer to all students, get¬
ting Lenin to appear at UF as the key-
note speaker, and replacing die toilet
pqrer in all campus bathrooms with
softer fir m

“Gibby just wanted to help stu¬
dents,** Georgoff said.

Vandals destroy
minority artwork with
swastikas

Art work crafted by African Ameri¬
can, Hispanic, Asian-American, and
gay students at San Diego State Uni¬
versity was destroyed when vandals
defaced the work with swastikas, ignit¬
ing a rally involving both students and
faculty.

The art, which included a painting
ofaMexican flag, aportrait of Malcolm
X, a message from an Asian- American
organization, and a symbol for lesbi¬
ans, was covered with swastikas, spray
painted in red and black.

Following the protest rally, students
and faculty members painted over the
swastikas.

According to Thomas B. Day, presi¬
dent of the University, the hate mes¬
sage* were, “repugnant to the campus
environment and contrary to the educa¬
tional mireion of tha univereity.” So
fag, polios have no suspects in die inet-

Student disenrolls ex-
girlfriend at Cal Poly

African American

NEWS

International News Jen Kaufman

Afghan Guerillas differ
over new regime

Leaders often Afghan guerilla fac¬
tions failed to overcome their differ¬
ences in a meeting early this week. The
meeting was held in an attempt to avoid
a chaotic struggle for power as rebel
forces prepare to take over the govern¬
ment in Kabul. Despite die continuing
conflicts between the radical and mod¬
erate rebel factions, top commander
Ahmed Shah Masood continues to
stress rebel unity and has stated that he
will not enter Kabul without the other
leaders.

The guerillas have issued a state¬
ment, making itclear that they intend to
attack the city of Kabul if the govern¬
ment will not step down; Masood and
other leaders stand ready to make good
on this threat. Afghan President
Najibullah has already been forced to
flee, and his current whereabouts are
unknown.

Rival government
forms in Peru

A Peruvian vice president has re¬
turned home from Miami and has sworn
to form a rival government to oppose
the leadership of president Alberto K.
Fujimori, who seized near-dictatorial
powers several weeks ago. Maximo
San Roman will be issued the presiden¬
tial oath in a secret meeting with mem¬
bers of the now-dissolved Congress. It
is believed that President Fujimori will
■Dow the ceremony to proceed, be¬
cause it coincides with the first work¬
ing day of a mission sent by the Orga¬
nization of American Stales to deter¬
mine the situation in Peru.

Mr. San Roman was out of die

country when President Fujimori ex¬
panded his executive powers by clos¬
ing Peru’s courts and abolishing the
Congress. The President has not de¬
clared whether or not he still considers
Mr. San Roman to be vice president,
but other government officials are tak¬
ing his vow to “rebuild the country
stone by stone," seriously. His efforts
to halt the establishment of a dictator¬
ship under President Fujimori may be
further aided by the Organization of
American States demand that the presi¬
dent demonstrate that Peru is back on
the path to a full democracy by May 23.

Serbs continue to seize
territory in Bosnia and
Herzogovnia

Serbian fighters have continued to
attack the newly independent nation of
Bosnia and Herzogovnia. Several hun¬
dred people have died in the region
since February as a result of Serbian
attacks, and it appears that the blood¬
shed is far from over.

Although Serbs make up only about
31 percent of the former Yugoslav
Republic’s 4.3 million people, they are
making claims to 70 percent of the
country’s territory. Most of the Serbs
living within Bosnia and Herzogovnia
resent the country’s separation from
Serbia. The Serb offensive has been
primarily aimed at the republic's east¬
ern and northern borders as capturing
this region would link together the Serb
enclaves within Bosnia and
Herzogovnia.

Two people died in this week’s at¬
tack which commenced after Serb lead¬
ers demanded that the main television
station in Bosnia and Herzogovnia be
turned over to a Serb run radio station.
The international humanitarian relief
effort in the area continues.

Millions embezzled
by East German aides

The Berlin Justice Department con¬
firmed this week that communist offi¬
cials embezzled a sum of $267 million
from East Germany’s hard currency
procurement agency as it was being
dismantled following the 1989 revolu¬
tion. The fraud was led by Alexander
Schlack-Golodkowski, a former secu¬

rity police colonel and a top official in

the East German government, who fled
to West Germany to avoid arrest after
die democratic uprising.

The Berliner Zeitung newspaper
reported that investigators have found
more than 100,000 transfers from die
hard currency agency’s accounts after
Mr. Schlack-Golodkowski left the
country. Although some of the money
could not be traced, investigators found
amajority of the agency’s assets, which
had been spread overl90 front compa¬
nies.

Plan for IMF loan to
ex-Soviets stalled

Differences between International
Monetary Fund member nations have
stalled a plan to aid the former Soviet
republics in paying billions of dollars
worth of trade bills. Although the com¬
plete details have not been released, the
plan would provide S25-S30 billion
worth of conventional IMF loans over
the next four years and would also
allow the ex-Soviet republics to bor¬
row extra money.

An anonymous Senior IMF official
claimed that Japan and some of the
financially weaker member nations
supported die plan, and a Bush admin¬
istration official remarked that United
States was among the'countries ex¬
pressing opposition to the idea.

Shevardnadze
returns to Georgia

Former Soviet Minister Ed ua rd
Shevardnadze has returned to his home¬
land of Georgia to continue his politi¬
cal career. In seven years, Shevardnadze
had moved from being the leader of the
Georgian Communist Party to Foreign
Minister of the Soviet Union.

His new rote places him at the head
of a State Council of about 60 people,
aU devoutly anti-Communist, and ironi¬
cally someof whom served prison tennf
at Shevardnadze’s order. Once die voice
of Soviet Communism, he is now help¬
ing steer Georgia along a new course
which particularly emphasizes staying
clear of the inefficient policies of the
Commonwealth oflndependent States.

Sources: The New York Times

Laviera discusses Latino heritage

By Katharine Loos
Tato Laviera, a poet, playwright
mdcreative workshop leader, discussed
die complexities of Latino identity in
American society on Thursday, April
16 in Upper Proctor lounge.

Gesturing, exclaiming, laughing,
and even dancing, Laviera communi¬
cated hi* poetry on Puerto Rico, Africa,
bilingualism, anger, love, and ethnic
identity in die United States.

Laviera has five books of poetry to
his credit, including Enclave, which
won the American Book Awardin 1982.
He has had several plays produced and
has taught and lectured at many uni ver-
tides.

Evly in the lecture, the Puerto Rican
bom Laviera paid homage to hit land
and Ms people in Ms poem entitled,
“Sky People." He spoke of “the people
of the sky, toiling on the land, crashing
musical symbols, giving birth lo more
people of the sky.**

in many of Ms poems, different
cultures are seen as connected, and
sometimes blended, b “Sky People,"
he said, “for we have perceived all
along that Pmrto Rico is 100 by 35 by
1000 mountains multiplied by die
■ga me r oo t of areny cabaret—b re adi
atgbfa.”

In a poem about Africa, Laviera
touched on this same theme. “Some¬
times I think that Africa is all of us,” he
said.

Laviera addressed the challenges
that face him as a writer who must
divide his tool, language, between two
cultures. Most of Laviera’s poems in¬
clude both Spanish and English.

“I have to balance my linguistics
because that is the nature of this hemi¬
sphere,” said Laviera, introducing his
poem on the Spanish lsnguage.

This poem examined the struggle
for the preservation of the Spanish lan¬
guage in the face of foreign domina¬
tion, both past and present The En¬
glish could not force you to change the
folkloric flavorings of all your former
colonies, making your language a ma¬
jor north and south American tongue.”

The poem continued, “it was die
stubborn n e s s of our elders, refusing
theGNP economic language, not learn¬
ing English at the expense of much
poverty.” The poem concluded, Tm
going to fight for you, Spanish. I love
you and I am your humble son.”

In Laviera’s week, the result of his¬
torical conflict between die Latino nd

European worlds is today’s guerilla
waefno. Readmg Ms poem“Guerilla,”

Laviera said, “if it were not for die
European colonizers, sailing to roman¬
tic adventures, stealing American
riches, torturing Indians, imposing
Christianity all in the name of God...if
it were not for these injustices then we
would not have to pick up the gun.”The
reading continued, “you are destined
not to win anywhere in the world. We
[guerillas] are the antidote and we are
guided by universal love to destroy
you.”

In another poem on Puerto Rican
people, Laviera continued to address
preservation and respect of different
cultures. He wrote of Puerto Rican
people, “Color is generally colorblind
to us. That is our contribution. AD die
colon are tied to our one.” The poem
continued, “we must fight die bad in¬
tentions. We must respect each others
values.”

For Laviera, re sp e ctin g and main¬
taining differe nt cultu re s beoo m neoo m -
plicated in American society when eth-

heritage and feel a part of the main¬
stream. “You always find younelf on
the outskirts,” said Laviera.

Laviera say* people often pose this
question to him; “are you ms anil ataifT

—m

Thursday, Aprfl 23,1992

The Middlebury Campus

Room Draw creates

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tension across campus

By Kami Bedard

Students returning to Middlebury
next year have spent the past three
weeks drawing rooms and houses on
campus. According to Director of Resi¬
dential Life Frank Kelley, “room draw,
for many people, is truly one of the
most tense times of the year.”

Despite rumors of a housing prob¬
lem, Kelley commented that “room
draw is going about as well as it does
every year.” The housing crunch of
this year has been attributed to a num¬
ber of factors which were beyond the
foresight of last year’s housing com¬
mittee. Not only was the entering fresh¬
man class much larger than expected,
but fewer students elected to study off-
campus than in previous years. The
housing shortage is one of the factors in
determining the number of incoming
freshman for next fall.

Block draw allows a group of stu¬
dents to apply for one or more of the
following college houses: Atwater,

order to improve their chances. By
rotating the name at die head of the
block, students attempted to make it
appear as though each application con¬
tained a different group.

“In all due respect to students,”
Kelley commented, “this was a misun¬
derstanding, but one that required dis¬
carding all multiple applications.” The
problem involving block draw this year
was, “an honest mistake,” according to
Kelley, dial resulted from a lack of
understanding about how die block
draw system works.

It has been rumored that in past
years, students have actually paid off
other students who work behind the
room draw sign-up table^.

“I am very distressed tofrear about
this, and it is very hard for me to be¬
lieve,” Kelly said, “Fairness is some¬
thing I believe in—people should have
honorable motives, although I know
this is not always die case.”

Some confusion also exists con-

Davis, Henckels, Hilkrest #6, Jewett, ceming the distribulionof random num- entire room draw process. “There will
Longwell, Porter, and Tumer. Accord- bers. Although some students have be a write-up about die room draw
ing to Kelley, there are normally about complained of unfair number selec- process, and there will be meetings
ten groups vying for each of these don, in fact, the random number pro- between thejunicr counselors and house
houses. This year, however, over thirty gram splits the class into thirds so that directors to discuss possible changes,”
separate groups applied to live in each student receives a number falling he said.

Longwell alone. Therefore, chances of in each one of the three groups while he “What really bothers me is that a

getting a block draw house have de- or she is attending college. person with a number 12 picks a room

creased substantially. Kelley explained that, “die random with a student having 364, and an indi-

After initially evaluating the block number program needs to be looked vidual with 318 picks with 229; then,
draw applications, Kelley found cer- into by someone who knows the pro- 90 cannot get anything, when the stu-
tain complications. The most outstand- gram so that itmay be belter explained deni has a good number,” Kelly stated,
ing problem involved students in ablock to students.” h particular, Kelly would like to

submitting multiple applications under Kelley said that there will be a ma- focus on improving the block draw and
different names for the same house in jor review this summer regarding the Forest dormitory procedures.

Republicans discuss upcoming election

By John Doty

Richard Porter ‘81 and David
Hansen, two high level Republican
advisors, presented a joint lecture
entitled,“The Changing Nature of
American Politics and the Republican
Coalition," last Thursday to an audi¬
ence of 40 students and faculty mem¬
bers.

Porter, who majored in philosophy
at Middlebury before attending Uni¬
versity of Chicago Law School, is now
Council to Vice-President Dan Quayle.

Hansen, a Williams College alum¬
nus, has worked on the state legislative
level and is currently Director of Sur¬
vey Research for die Republican Na¬
tional Committee.

Hansen began the presentation with
a statistical analysis of electionary poli¬
tics in the United States by examining
the demographic composition of both
die Republican and Democratic par¬
ties.

Hansen said Republicans have al¬
ways had strong support from
“WASPs," while the Democrats have
traditionally relied on a more diverse
coalition. He argued, however, that the
composition of the parties has changed

significantly over the past forty yean.

He noted that the Democrats have
lost support from many union mem¬
bers and Catholics. He explained that
union membership is declining, while
the relative age of tanon members is
increaaing. “The same people, as they
get older, continue to get mote Repub¬
lican,” he said.

He explained dial Democrats are
now, “split between dree groups: while
southerners, blacks, and
WASPs. ..definitely amuch harder coa¬
lition to keep together.”

Describing the republican coalition,
he noted die continued support of what
he called,“the republican middle data,"
which he described as, “better than
average, living off in die nice suburbs,
and, like I say, two cars in the garage
kind of lifestyle”

According to Hansen, the Republi¬
can party has broadened its appeaL
During die 1930s most of die support
came from the “George Bushes of the
world: northerners. WASPs,
proiestants.” Today, Hansen said, die
party has diversified and now includes
substantial support from white
southerners.

Noting the correlation between age
and party affiliation, Hansen said,
“when people come of age politically,
they tend to be recruited in greater
numbers to the party that is dominant in
American politics: the ruling coalition
of the particular time.”

The one exception, according to
Hansen, was the baby boom genera¬
tion. He called them a “swing group”
who came of age during Vietnam ami
Watergate and therefore “remain the
most cynical and the most skeptical of
partisan politics.”

Hansen claimed that the section of
the population who are 64 and older
contain more Democrats than Republi¬
cans, while thoae aged 47-63 are made
up of only slightly more Democrats
than Republicans. On the other hand,
the age group of 31-46 year-olds con¬
tain slightly more Republicans than
De m oc ra ts, w h ile t h ose between 18-30
are made up of significantly more Re-
pnWirma

When m audience member mot
tioned that many college students reg¬
istered as Democ ra t s in 1988, Hansen
replied, “Democrats outeegistorue with

(continued on page 4)

Laviera

(continued from page 2)

One of his books of poetry focuses
on this question of assimilation of eth¬
nic people into American society. The
title, AmeRican. gives his answer to
the question. Being both Puerto Rican
and American, the poet fused the two
words. “Are you American? Yes,
AmeRican,” said Laviera.

From the poem “AmeRican,”
Laviera read, “AmeRican abounding
inside so many ethnic, Engish people,
and out of humanity we Mend and we
mix all that is good. AmeRican inte¬
grating in New York and in America

and defining our own destiny and our
own way of life.”

Laviera based his readings and talk
around a d i s cussi o n he had with Latino
and African-American Middlebury atu-
dents earlier in the day.

Jean Tain, director of the Bi-Cul-
tural Center, said, “he (Laviera] wanted
to talk to students beforehand. Then he
tailored his evening presentation around
it."

According to Tain, Laviera asked
the ten students gathered what poc&y
meant to them. Tain answered with
“anger.” while othere said Inw a linm s
and power. “He picked poems dim il¬
lustrated those words.” said Tain.

■ Laviera also asked s t u d en t s how
tipsy fdtabout being mmoritieaoacam-

pus. Aida Hernandez *94 said that the
Ming si the dbcuasion wa “half md
hall Sosne of us fek that there was a
problem (on campus], a lot of igno¬
rance. But some of us fck that there
were those not as ignorant.”

Taht said some voiced the Ming
dial, “people don’t quite understand
where you are coming from.”

According to Benrie Marti *93, a
resident of the Bi-Cultural Center, many
exp re ss ed that “having die house is

This lect u re was part of dre Bi-
CulnaralCensar series for Lack Amari-

In an effort to clarify housing pro- Emerson, dean of the college, raised
cedures to students in the coming years, the number of students allowed to live
Kelley said that more detailed informs- off-campus from 60 to 80. Thus far,
ti°n will be provided regarding both 120 people have applied to live off-
block draw and the random number campus for next year and 60 have al-

system. ready been approved. It is hoped that

Due to the stress on housing this the number will return to 60 next year,
year and the large enrollment, John (continued on page 4)

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to be careful at >11 times. “Taking back
the night is really important,” she said,
"bul the day is really scary too. It can
happen anytime.”

Yet another aurvivor stressed the
importance of the unity of people in
preventing all types of violence. "Ev¬
eryone - male, female, white, black,
must unite to take back the night.”

Organizers of the march and rally

Room Draw

(continued from page 3)

lean Kessinger ‘92, house director
of Forest, commented that one of the
main problems this year is “the lack of
lounge space.” As a result of the stu¬
dent overload, many lounges were
turned into rooms. She stressed the
importance of having common space
in a dormitory for people to use as a
central meeting place.

Jeanie Hudson ‘94, who will be
abroad next year and did not have to
participate in room draw, commented,
“I give this school a lot of sympathy
and credit in trying to accomodate
everyone's needs to the best of their
ability.” At the end of last year, she was
unable to get a room and was informed

Republicans

(continued from page 3)

younger people right now, there is no
doubt about it.” He also said that,
“non-college students are probably a
lot more Republican.”

Hansen stated that those who came
of age during the 1980s will make up
27 percent of the electorate going into
this election.

Discussing the current election
situation, Hansen said, “we do worry
about the position of the president
right now. I am not very optimistic. I
am not very pessimistic, but I do know
it will be a very tough fight and the
economy is not a plus right now.”

He predicted a “very difficult re-
election campaign for the Republican
incumbent president”

Finally, Hansen mentioned that
there are three ways in which voters
choose their presidents. He ranked
them in order of importance: partisan¬
ship. personality, and issues.

He did not blame the electorate for
depending on personality since he
noted that in our representative sys¬
tem people turn their decisions over to

were overwhelmed at the response. “I
think that all of us, especially die orga¬
nizers, were amazed by the response
from the men and women in the audi¬
ence,” said Darak. “Overall it was just
amazing . . . that kind of sharing of
people’s voices is what needs to hap¬
pen for (other) people to understand
these issues.”

Mathewson perhaps expressed die
message of the night best in an original
song she performed for the crowd.

“No matter how strong you feel,”
she sang, “violence can sdll be real.”

in August that they had found her a
place. She added, “people need to not
stress as much and just let it happen.”

Kelley stated, “Room change re¬
quests will be taken into consideration
after all students have gotten a
room...just because you hand in a room
change request doesn’t mean you get a
change automatically.”

During the months of July and Au¬
gust, Kelley and other housing assis¬
tants work to meet the requests of stu¬
dents who desire room changes.

Much effort is made to please stu¬
dents and provide them with the hous¬
ing that will satisfy them and their
personal needs, said Kelly. “When¬
ever dealing with enrollment,” Kelley
stated, “you need three things: prepara¬
tion, planning, and prayer. You pray
that things work out as you planned.”

the people they trust.

Porter spoke next and began his
comments by saying, “I want to tell you
that George Bush is going to win the
election.”

Porter said, “people realize that
putting a few smart people in Washing¬
ton is not the answer to economic prob¬
lems.”

He explained that this system does
not function effectively because, “the
economy is far too complex and too
fast-moving to manage today in the
bureacratic state.” Porter said that to¬
day, “the predominant belief is in freer
markets, free exchange.”

Porter said that “information is in¬
creasingly freely available.” He men¬
tioned the growth of the personal com¬
puter and CNN's ability to present 24-
hour news, both of which “were un¬
heard of a generation before."

“In the modem state we should look
for all possible ways to decentralize
power to individuals,” he said.

Porter related his discussion of
choice to the education problem in die
United States. He blasted public
schools, saying that “the principal won’t
give a damn about you. They don’tcare

The MkkBebury Campus

Sanders

(continued from page 1)

is that the production of food, it seems
to me, it seems to most people, ah issue
of national security. What happens if
we lose our ability to produce food in
America? We will lose our ability to
have agriculture based on de-central¬
ized principles. What does it mean if
we lose die family farms in New En¬
gland? Then the production will rest in
the hands of relatively a small number.
It will mean that they [agribusiness]
will be able to determine the prices you
will pay.

Campus: Is there support in the
House for these family farms?
Sanders: Senator Leahy and I and oth¬
ers have tried to do something, but
there is really not majority support in
either body.

The basic problem we have now, is
that you have a President who, in my
view, on every significant issue, is in¬
terested in protecting the power of the
oligarchy, not of working people and
the environment, and not of those of us
concerned about social justice. And
you have a Democratic party which is
while better, not good enough to make
a difference. Democrats have a 102
vote majority in the House., and the
majority in the Senate. Yet, in those
two bodies, we are not seeing the sig-
nificantlegislation that weneed in terms
of the environment, national health care,
social justice, economics, and so forth.
The people are feeling tremendous frus¬
tration, because they look out and they
see a two party system which is not
working. The major issues are not be¬
ing debated, legislation is not being
passed, people are giving up on the
political system. I think a lot of die
young people are giving up on the
system. Three out of four young people
under 24 do not vote. We want to
reverse that, we want bring people into
the political movement, we want them

about you, because they don’t have to
respond to you.” He proposed giving
poor people the option of pulling their
children out of public schools in an
effort to make the system more respon¬
sive.

Porter related the issue of education
to that of food, saying, “we don’t rely
on public distribution system.” He said
competition and incentives result in
“higher quality and better prices.”

When asked about his views on
health care. Porter said, “if you were to
nationalize our health care system you

to think about politics and to under¬
stands what politics in government

Campus: What are your thoughts
on die presidential campaign?

Sanders: I would say what we have
is a very depressing situation. Presi¬
dent Bush’s popularity has declined by
SO points in the last year. I think that an
overwhelming 3 out of 4 people polled
feel that Bush is not dealing with die
economy effectively. He is a very un¬
popular president. And then we look at
his opposition...and I am concerned
about the media coverage, especially
that Clinton has gotten. Because
frankly, what his sex life may or may
not be is not one of the major issues
facing the country. The media is doing
their usual sensationalist, stupid re¬
porting rather than concentrating on
the major issues. On many of the im¬
portant issues facing the country.
[Clinton’s] views are not, by any means,
terribly progressive.. .That’s why half
the people are not going to vote. The
prediction is that over half of the Ameri¬
can people are not going to participate
in this election—that’s very frighten¬
ing and very sad. Until we build a
strong third political movement, where
people really can get excited about the
candidacy of a Jesse Jackson or some¬
body else, I think people are going to
have to hold their nose and vote for the
lesser of two evils.

Campus: You are a proponent of
many social welfare programs. Where
do you propose we as a nation find the
funds to cover the expenses of these
programs?

SandeA We're talking about the
peace dividend...the media’s done such
a bad job of reporting it. Legislation
was very strongly passed recently
through the House that would have
doubled the amount of the Pell Grants
available, and significantly expanded
eligibility...[This legislation] would
essentially say to any kid in America,

would end up having a system with the
cost control of the defense department,
the bed-side manner of the internal
revenue service, and die efficiency of
the post office.”

He said that market farces could be
applied to just about any problem, and
cited the recent attempt to harness mar¬
ket forces to help clean up die environ¬
ment.

Porter described American culture
as reprocessed elements of many dif¬
ferent cultures. One effect of
technolological advancement, he said.

_ Thursday, Aprl 23 ,1991

‘there are loans available to you.' The
legislation was passed, that’s die good
news, know what the bad news is?
There’s not enough money to fund
it...because there is no peace divideni.
[The peace dividend] is die most im¬
portant piece of legislation that was
dealt with in many, many months; it
dealt with how much military spending
should be cut, and whether in fact we
should be able to divert money from
military funding to domestic purposes,
such as higher education. The reason
that we will not have...not be able to
adequately fund higher education is
because die President of the United
States is adamant about keeping mili¬
tary spendingmuch higher than itshould
be. We should be able to significantly
reduce military spending and use some
of that money to deal with the deficit,
but much of that money should go into
building housing for those people who
need it, providing Pell Grants and stu¬
dent loans for students who need it,
wiping out childhood hunger (we have
five million kids in this country who
are hungryX environmental clean-up,
help for the industries so we can re¬
build America and deal with our infra¬
structure. People don’t understand the
correlation, [for example,] to under¬
stand why there isn’t alarger Pell Grant
you’ve got to think about defense spend¬
ing and your taxes—they’re intimately
related...the choice that you have to
make as a citizen is, do you think that
we should spend one hundred billion
dollars defending Western Europe
against a non-existent enemy, or do
you think we should bring that money
back home to provide educational op¬
portunity, wipe out childhood hunger,
rebuild our infrastructure, and provide
millions of jobs...two political parties
have not provided [thru information].
The Democrats are bad, the Ri p ub li
cans are wocse-Whet wu’ss (tying to
do is build a political movement where
people become fatnilier with those ie-

was the creation of a “global consumer
culture.”

Porter said we shouldn’t be embar¬
rassed about American culture and wu
quite willing to boast of the benefits of
Western society.

He mentioned that people all over
the world want to live like Americana,
meaning that they want to exercise free

choice.

hi this new global order, as de¬
scribed by Porter, “George Bush is not
just leader of the United Stales, he is the
leader of the world.”

ALL COLLEGE MEETING NIGHT

1 THURSDAY, APRIL 23

7:00 PM

8:00 PM

SPEECHES BY SGA PRESIDENTIAL
AND VICE-PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES
IN MEAD CHAPEL

WITH INTRODUCTORY NOTES BY
STUDENT BODY PRESIDENT CHIP
MULLER on “SGA THIS YEAR”

DEPARTMENTAL MEETINGS

HOW CAN YOU VOTE IF YOU DON’T KNOW THE ISSUES AT HAND??

COME TO MEAD CHAPEL AT 7:00 PM.

Thursday, April 23,1992

The Middlebnry Cmnpus

FEATURES

Frightening

observations

By Christa Hawryluk
and Peter Harris

It has recently come to our attention
that there are growing number of people
on this campus who are not exactly like
everyone else.

hi order to help these people be¬
come homogenous elements of this
comfortable and sheltered environment,
we have compiled seven ways to help
you fit in. They will not do you any
good if you plan on entering the real
world after college, unless you want to
work for L.L. Bean or J. Crew.

1. Wardrobe: This is perhaps the
most important element in blending to
the point of translucency. It can also
solve the need for any conversation, for
as many experts have noted, appear¬
ance says it all.

The first step is to wear clothes with
exotic names for simple colors. T-shirts
which are colored eggplant, tangerine,
legume, surfsplash, bambum, or moss
will all score big points.

Buy shirts which are sold by older
students trying to finance their spring
break trips. Requirements for each shirt
include: beer guzzling drawing of Bart
Simpson, Calvin and Hobbes discuss¬
ing how much sex goes on behind the
scenes of the comic strip, or a top ten
ways to fit in shirt

2. Academic References: Spend the
majority of your “relaxation" time on
the weekend saying things like, “dude,
my classes are so bunk,” and, “man, I
haven’t been to my poli-sci seminar in
over three decades, and I've got this
jonesing term paper due last week.”

Make sure you never refer to any
classes by their real names. While even
the Feb< know not to call Earthquakes
and Volcanos anything but “Shake and
Bake,” few have truly mastered class
lingo. For example, your Seminar in
Buddhist Philosophy should be called
“Budd Lite."

3. Music appreciation: It is manda¬
tory that you have seen The Dead in
concert at least once in your life. If you
haven’t, make up stories about how
you saw Jerry play “Jive Talkin once
in Hartford, ’72. You must then show
you’re on die cutting edge of every¬
thing by owning Nirvana's new album.

Your musical library will not be
complete without all of those albums
you bought in sixth and seventh grade,
like The Doo Rim by Shawn
Cassidy. This way. evtsyone will know
that you haven’t changed since then,
and therefore won’t feel threatened by
you.

4. Hometown: Highest points are
given to New Canaan, Connecticut on
the East coast, and Palo Alto, Califor¬
nia on the West Suburban Boston and
New York are also considered accept¬
able. Should you happen to hail from
Bloobenberg, Tennessee, be sure to tell
anyone who asks that you are actually
from Manhattan.

5. Beer: Drink it often and talk
about it more often.

6. Administration: Make sure that
you never agree with anything that the
administrationdoes. For example, shout
out things in Proctor like, “the CIA is
trying to control us through bagel ra¬
tioning! "and, “the commons system is
just another attempt by the administra¬
tion to make us study!"

7. Apathy: Make sure you never
seem like you have any strong opin¬
ions. These can be disconcerting to
your peers, as they might find the intro-

(Continned fan page 7)

Evaluating Career Counseling and Placement

By Jules Reinhart
Almost every spring, Middlebury's
office of Career Counseling and Place¬
ment distributes a survey to all seniors.

The survey asks questions about
seniors’plans after graduation, specifi¬
cally about employment and further
study. In March of 1983, 1989, and
1991, the survey was distributed to
graduating seniors.

The response rates for the survey
were 62%, 42%, and 60%, respectively.
Caution should be used when applying
these statistics in that they describe the
future plans of only those who re¬
sponded and cannot be generalized to
those who did not to respond

The results of these surveys indi¬
cate that the percentage of seniors
graduating from Middlebuiy with a job
was:

1985 69.2%

1989 22.0%

1991 15.6%

The low percentages in ’89 and '91
may be due to the fact that some seniors
find it difficult to successfully balance
academics with the job hunt, and there¬
fore plan to hold off until after gradua¬
tion and relocation, to begin the job
search in earnest However, for the

Dispelling rumors about

class of ’91, by September 1, 1991,
only 16.2% of the respondents had full¬
time jobs.

With so few seniors and recent
alurv’i from the classes of ’89 and ’91
having employment it is reasonable to
assume that a significant portion are
pursuing graduate education. Yet just
16% and7.3% respectively planned on
entering graduate or professional school
in the fall following graduation.

How do these percentages compare

Bowdoin and Colgate responded that
their senior post-graduate activity sur¬
veys asked about full-time employ¬
ment at 6 months post-graduation. The
percentage of recent alumni from these
colleges that had jobs at this time were:
Williams 60.0%

Bowdoin 73.5%

Colgate 49.9%

The percentages of students from
Williams, Bowdoin and Colgate enter-
(Continued on page 8)

the new commons system

By Peter Greatrex gr *^' o ... .

Startma nert f.ii a mviuvt Cnm. Wrong. The new system will be

By Peter Greatrex
Starting next fall, a revised Com¬
mons system will take effect on the
Middlebury campus. There have been
numerous rumors floating around cam¬
pus regarding the new system, nd they
are for the most pat false.

Rumor#l:“Ohno, man, we’re never
gonna see our friends because we’ll be
stuck in the same Commons until we

Bridge could solve traffic problems

composed of six separate groups, two
of which will be labelled as “continu¬
ing” Commons.

Entry into these two Commons in¬
volves a multi-year commitment to resi¬
dence within the group of dorms. The
fust group will consist of Hepburn and
Gifford, and the second will be made
up of Allen, North Dorms, Davis and
Atwater.

Membership in the other four Com-

. By Briaa Bauer (hat this ii only the fint of many large to the Marble Works because they need monx group* will last only for the aca-

If you have had your eyes open scale, capital projects proposed for the eyeglasses, vitamins, or s hair cut. \ demic year s nd my ch ange if students

while driving through downtown next ten years. The developers hope that they may *witch from ooe dorm to another in a

Middlebury, you will know that Some of these projects we, ■ new be able to bring in successfully more t ^ erelU conunom. The groups of

Middlebury College is not the only bridge acrossOaerCkeek,aMiddlebury luxury oriented shops if there is better dorms for these Commons will be:

place trying to keep up with tiie times, bypass, and a new, downtown access to access to the complex. The proposed MiUiken. Hadley, nd Pearson », For

The town of Middlebury seems to be The Marble Works. idea is to convert the small, one-way «*t, Kelly, and Lang; Battel] and Voter,

constantly under construction, and ev- The developers of The Marble exit from the complex into a larger, Stewart, Painter, and Starr,

eryday a new plan for the future is Works complex are concerned that the two way street. What’s the advantage to commit-

made. newly created shopping plaza will never To accommodate this expansion, ting to a long term Commons group?

Many people might be aware of the receive the exposure it needs unless it something must give. Initially, the As an incentive to join one of the two

fact that the underpass entrance to The is more visible, nd easier to access, developers, applying big-city develop- mulu- year groups, these two Commons

Mtrble Works is under repair, but what Most of the businesses that exist there ment strategies to s small town prob- are scheduled to receive more funding

many people probably don’t know is presently are need oriented. People go (Continued on page 8) for activities than the one year groups

will

Rumor #2: “I’m gonna have to live
in Allen for four yean, in the basement
where there is no light and you have to
be a dwarf to lake a shower.”

This is also false. If you choose not
to join one of the two multi -year Com¬
mons, you can will be able to choose
your room according to die current
room <kaw.

Those people who join one of die
long term Commons will be placed in
separate room draws and, based on
seniority, will be allowed to chooee the
available rooms in that Common's
dorms.

Rumor #3: "I won't be able to sat
with any of my friends because we'll
all be in different Commons.”

The newly revised Commons sys¬
tem will not mean that groups of 300
people will be chained to each othar
and forced u eat, sleep and go to the
bathroom together. However, the now
system will encourage more Commons-
sponsored events at McCullough and
such outings as picnics at Breadloaf.
More events in the student center do
mem that there win be lass time for
such thrillers as karaoke night.

Rimor #4: “Seniors win have to
live in freshman donna, in crummy
(Continued on page 7)

p«***

Thursday, April 23,1992

Ofay, the word it out. I admit it
took me a long time and many valu¬
able, irreplaceable agenta from
biterzone, die aecret organization dedi¬
cated to maintaining personal right to
think, died to get this information to
me. My typewriter'• last word* were
abnostunintelligifale He inked to death
right before my eyes. There was noth¬
ing I could do. His apace bar waa a
goner. But I (wore that I would fulfill
my mission. Now I am tranamining
this to you in an effort to right this
wrong, to let the truth to be known, e
pluribua unum, liberty, Igalitl,
fraternity, a donut without a hole is a
danish. That much is clear.

Are your ears on? Are we relating?
Talk to me. Goose. Charlie don’t surf.
I eat more chicken than any man has
ever seen. Ride the snake.

I hope you got all that. That was just
to make sure you’re not "one of than.”
You know, I’m glad we all understand
one another. I'm glad everything is so
clear. Sometimes I think no one under¬
stands me. I wear my black turtle¬
necks, crank up The Cure, and contem¬
plate Robert Smith's hair gel. But most
times I seem to really connect, you
know, I feel as if I'm one with every¬
body . I understand Lynyrd Skynyrd on
that “other" level. I seethe Hemingway
in a Judy Blume novel. I encourage
people to reappraise velvet poster art
for its ‘‘American spirit.”

Tors! Toral Tora! Rock me
Amadeus. Ich ein Berliner.

Okay. You’ve made it through the
second level of complete meaningless¬
ness snd thus far you’re doing okay.
Now I know I can trust you. I just had
to be sure. This stuff is lop secret and
comes from the highest authorities at
In ter zone. There are spies everywhere.

Don’t star six this article. Hold on,
be kind. This conspiracy concerns all
of us. Remember, “we’re all con¬
nected.” Come on, rubber ducky.

I'm in class. Granted, I’m in class
only as much as I can stand it. Mv mind

is reeling over this past weekend, those
crazy stunts I did with nty dislocated
shoulder, the360’s in the Grand Union
parking lot cranking Judy Collins, the
satanic ritual 1 performed at the semi-
formal. Yahoo! Butclassissdll...cool,
in a way.

I raiae my hand, participate, only to
be shot down, humiliated, rendered an
intellectual ameba. My brain is a bad
comic on stage, rotting vegetables fly¬
ing at my neurons. This was unadulter¬
ated laughter, heinous and evil.

So what was wrong? Didn’t I do

Severely

Yours...

By Ed Feldman

well on the SATs? Had I raged once too

much.dude? What happened to

classroom etiquette? What ever hap¬
pened to keeping antipathy for all
thought elucidated by your peers to
yourself? What happened to whipping
students who interrupted professors?

Revelation. These creatures are not
students, but highly trained Ninja ferny
heads intent on destroying Interzone,
liberal arts education as we know ir¬

rational thought altogether. These are
enemies of biterzone. They wait for
you to say something, anything, even if
it concerns the weather. “It's nice out¬
side,” you say. Like a venomous snake
they pounce or you, leaving you gasp¬
ing helplessly for air.

“Obviously, you measly peon. You
dumb son of a jackal. You intellectual
blather head,” they reply. The profes¬
sor cannot interject He/She had been
slipped a mickey just prior to class.
The codeine is now taking effect. The
subversion is now apparent

In praise of Isaac
Asimov: 1920-1992

The Middlebury Campus

“Preposterous,”Wurtsoutone. “Ab¬
surd!!” screams soother. “Let me in¬
troduce yom cerebellum with my fist”
“I didn’t know Idbotomized stu¬
dents got accepted to Middlebury!”
howls the other, by now reeling on the
floor. I watch tins intellectual hyena of
liberal arts education spawn before my
very eyes.

Of cowse, they can also be remark¬
ably subtle. Ask them about empathy,
and they’ll never come up for air.
They've seen suffering, they know the
human condition. They’ve got post¬
cards to prove it from every comer of
the world, pictures straight out of Na¬
tional Geographic. ‘Too bad that mo¬
ron in the coiner doesn’t,” they scream,
eyes bulging, little veins popping out
of their giant ferny heads.

I’m back in class. I look ova and
see smoke is coming out of their ears..
They are about to replicate again.

Haven’t you people seen this phe¬
nomenon? Don't you know the conno¬
tations this has on your very existence?
Perhaps their little insidious conversa¬
tions hardly bother anyone. Don’t be
deceived. These creatures are even now
plotting the overthrow of human dig¬
nity. They lie waiting in anxious antici¬
pation of your original thoughts so they
can assassinate your mind.

Their weapons are verbosity and
vocal velocity. Either their pitiless criti¬
cism will reduce your ego to a con¬
densed peanut or the mere speed at
which they attack you with words will
send you hurling back to pre-school
and die sandbox.

They have no compassion for any
one’s point of view. They feed off
subjectivity, nurture it with self-righ¬
teousness, and coat it with a nice top¬
ping of arrogance. No wonder they mix
in well with society. They’ve chosen
perfect personality disguises that care¬
fully masque their mission against
Interzone.

Q

(Continued on page 8)

By Matthew Pauley

On Monday, April 6, science fic¬
tion lost its greatest writer when Isaac
Asimov died at the age of 72.

If he was not the greatest sci-fi
writer, he was certainly the most pro¬
lific. Those of us who grew to love his
writing can be consoled in that we have
467 books of his to read.

For those who don ’ t know or are not
familiar with Isaac Asimov, I strongly
suggest you explore his work, Even
those who are not fond of science fic¬
tion will find that Asimov’s writing
contains something of interest.

Notonly did Asimov write sci-fi, he
also wrote books dealing with
Shakespeare, astronomy, limericks,
humor, the Bible, physics, chemistry,
biology, Gilbert and Sullivan, history,
mystery, and many things more. If you
are taking a science course and are
hav ing trouble, Asimov' sNew Guide to
Science is a excellent book on science
for the layperson (for you non-science
majors).

Though his interests were ex tremely
diverse, Asimov will be remembered
most for his sci-fi work. It is interesting
to note that his first and last works were
those of science fiction: Pebble in the
Sky, published in 1950, and Forward
the Foundation, to be published later
this year.

His science fiction was always clear
and true to scientific reality. He would
never have explosions in space nor
would he expect his readers to believe
in “light speed” travel which contra¬
dicts Einstein’s theory of relativity.

Carl Sagan said this of Asimov:
“one of the many virtues of Isaac was
that he got the science right Of the
classic science-fiction writers, he was

the only one who was areal scientist.”

The “scientist” label refers to
Asimov’s position as professor of bio¬
chemistry at Boston University's
School of Medicine. He received a
Bachelor of Science degree in 1939, an
M. A. in 1941, and a Ph.D. in chemistry
in 1948, all from Columbia Univer¬
sity.

Asimov averaged about
10 books a year and
from 1979 to 1984 he
wrote 100 books...

Asimov stopped teaching in 1958
to became a full time writer.

Full time for Asimov entailed wak¬
ing up at 6:00 A.M. and sitting at his
typewriter by 7:30 AM. where he
worked until 10:00 P.M. In this fash¬
ion he averaged around 2,000 words
pa day, everyday (even on Sundays).

He answaed his letters personally,
each and every one, and only rewrote
things once. “It's not out of conceit,”
he said, “but I have lots of stuff I’m
committed to write and if I linger lov¬
ingly I won't be able to write it all."

Asimov averaged shout 10 books a
year and from 1979 to 1984 he wrote
100 books; about a book and a half pa
month.

His fans and fellow writers loved
him. He won 5 Hugo awards sad 3
Nebula awards given by sci-fi fan and
writers, respectively.

His Foundation Trilogy, which has
been expanded to aevor books, won a
special Hugo award for being the best

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Thursday, April 23,1992

The Middiebury Campus

School introduces new vegetarian plan

Vegetarians will no longer have to choose solely from what Is offered by the servers. Photo by Scott Thompson

By Rachel Esch
In an effort to meet the nutritional
needs of vegetarian students, the “Veg¬
etarian Bar” was recently introduced
into the Middlebuiy dining halls.

The bar, which was installed earlier
this month, has been under develop¬
ment since last summer. Ted Mayer,
Director of Dining Services, wrote in
August to the Meditation Center in
Ne w York, requesting that a consultant
of vegetarian meals visit Middiebury.

In response, Norman Hallal an
employee of the Center for ten years,
oaaaa to Middiebury for two weeks at
foe beginning of April. Mr. Halid
worked with the Proctor and SDU chefs
developing vegetarian mentis, cooking
tempeh and tofu, and incorporating
grains, herbs, and spices into the dishes
to provide healthy as well as appetizing

According to Mayer, sources of pro¬
tein other than cheese, which is high in
fat, are being used to accommodate
these students who have adopted a veg¬
etarian lifestyle for health reasons.
Besides providing more options for
vegetarians, Mayer says the Vegetar¬
ian Bar is less conducive to waste.

“A lot of die time students take a
large quantity of food from the servers,
knowing they're not going to eat it all,”
says Mayer. Students can serve them¬
selves at the Vegetarian Bar. which
helps to alleviate the waste problem.

Another addition to the dining halls
is the book Tray Gourmet: Be Your

Commons •••

(Continued from page 5)
rooms, unless they get lucky and are
assigned to a Commons with good
rooms.”

First of all, seniors will have prior¬
ity in the regular room draw and will be
able to go to any dorm outside of those
dorms in the two multi-year commons.
Second, before the new Commons sys¬
tem completely goes into effect, mas¬
sive renovations have been recom¬
mended for BatteU, Stewart and die
new dorms. In theory, this will put all
of the campus living space on a more
even level

RunwrifS: “Faculty wiU be living in
the dorms with students.”

Alas, no. As much fun as it would
be to have faculty next door Masting
Public Enemy, they win just have to
remain in their own homes. Faculty
win be Msociaied with each Common
group and participate in its activities,
but this is only intended to lessen the
rift between students and faculty, not
force the two groups upon each other.

Rumor *6: “frank Kelley win have
too hard ofalia

Own Chef in the College Cafeteria,
which is attached to the Freeman and
Hamlin salad carts and will soon be
available in Proctor. The book ex¬
plains how to make different sauces in
the microwave for main dishes, as well
as other tips on fast and easy ways to
add variety to meals.

According to Mayer, many of the
new vegetarian items will be perma¬
nently incorporated into the dining hall
menus, but, “in terms of having such a
camplatohar.it
students take.” Mayor i
has been a problem widtlho amount of
food produced for the bar. Trying to
provide vegetarian options in all the
dining halls for an unknown percent¬
age of vegetarian students, has resulted
in a large amount of leftovers at the and
of die meal.

Mayer believes many of these prob¬
lems could be solved through the Food
Committee.

The committee is made up of stu¬
dent members, who provide input about
dining hall food: what die majority of
students like or don’t like, concerns,
suggestions, and general information
that Mayer otherwise has little access
to. The comment sheets in the dining
halls, which are one form of communi¬
cation between students and the dining
services, are often useless, says Mayer,
since they contain only complaints in¬
stead of solutions or suggestions.

Anyone interested in becoming a
member of next year’s Food Commit-

a divided campus that he will quit and
move to a different college, sending
Middiebury into the abyss.”

Frank Kelley will hove some re¬
sponsibility for keeping the Commons
on track, but the brunt of the governing
buidai will fall to the Commons Coun¬
cil, which is comprised of representa¬
tives from each group.

Social houses wiU also share some
of thegwrming responsibility, as Com¬
mons social functions will have a direct
impact on the role of the houses.

Rumor #7: “You will never meet
anybody outside of your c ommo ns,
and if you do, the people in your com¬
mons will give you trial by fire or burs
you at the stake for hanging out with
outsiders-The Commons system isnot
meant to pervade every aspect of stu¬
dents lives, only allow students to have

tee should contact Aristotle Tziampiris
at extension 4614.

Middiebury. Many of the <
sored by vorion
organized by a certain |
to everybody.

No one really knows how die new

bet next year wiU be a crucial period if
i is to r

Asimov...

(Continued from page 6)

science fiction series of all time. The
sequel to the trilogy. Foundation's
Edge, made die New York Times best¬
seller list and was awarded a Hugo (or
being the best sci-fi novel of 1982.

In another well known book, /, Ro¬
bot (mandatory reading at my high-
school), Asimov invented die theory of
apostuornc robot which was governed
by die three laws of Robotics:

1. A Robot may not injure a human,
or by inaction, allow a human to be
harmed.

2. A Robot must obey human or¬
ders unless doing so conflicts with the
first law.

3. A Robot must protect its own
existence unless doing so conflicts with
the first two laws.

Sound familiar? Of course! It’s
Commander Data of die Starship En¬
terprise in Star Trek: The Next Gen¬
eration The character ofMr. Data is a
positronic robot, based completely on
Asimov's creation.

Another forum where you might
haveencountered the genius of Asimov
die movie Inner Space, or its predeces¬
sor, Fantastic Voyage. Both of these
movies were based on die book Fan¬
tastic Voyage, written in 1966, about a
miniaturized medical team that is in¬
jected into the bloodstream of a dying
patient to cure an illness that surgery
could not rectify.

So, the next time you sit down to
watch some serious tube, why not in¬
stead grab tome Asimov, find a seat
outside and expand your horizons.

If you would like to try some
Asimov and don't know where to start,
I would recommend any one of these:/,
Robot, The Foundation Trilogy (be¬
ginning with Foundation), The Caves
of Steel (a myMery), The Gods Them¬
selves, or Fantastic Voyage. All are
excellent and enjoyable reading and
will give you a start into Ms huge body
of work.

Asimov said about his death, “I
don’t have to worry about that, because
there isn’t an idea I’ve ever had that I
haven't put down on piper.”

His fans will miss him; he was to
sci-fi as Toloen was to fantasy.

Quotes a n d in fon ua t i o nlaksnfrpm:

The New YorkTimes, April 7,1991

The Boston Globe, April 7.1992.

Burning

Questions

* By Amy Synnott
and Ellen McCray

Q: When, where and why did
women start shaving their body hair?
—Shasta Darlington
A:“It is only shallow people who
do not judge by appearances. The true

mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.”

—Oscar Wilde, Picture of Dorian Gray.

In a day and age when a woman, or a man, with afhple funds to squander can
reconstruct her eyelids, reprofile ha nose, remove her underarm sweat glands or
create artificial dimples on her cheek, the removal of unwanted body hair, as basic
as removing the peel of an orange, has become a vital component of the beauty
ritual— preparing one to face the day as a civilized and refined person.

It was for precisely this end—civility and refinement—that the first woman
shaved her legs for the first time. The absenceof female body hair was witnessed
most profoundly in the 1920s with the advent of the bare leg, a vision made
possible by the receeding hem line. The civilized woman of the '20s found
refinement in sexiness — smoking cigarettes and rendering previous customs
(such as eating without noise) passe.

The liberated womanof the 1920s, a woman without bodyhair-subjected to the
metamorphosizing of fashion and custom— has become the liberated woman of
the 1990s, a woman without bodyhair, flabby eyelids, and sweat glands.

Q: Why do people say, "God bless you” when someone sneezes?

—Paul Paulson

The metaphysics of sneezing are inherent in the act itself. When aperson
sneezes, he/she experiences a glorious cerebral spasm in which the sneezer seems
to transcend all wordly conciousness.

In actuality,, what he/she is experiencing is a mini seizure, somewhat akin to
an orgasm (rumor has it that a typical sneeze is 1/8 of an orgasm, a speculation
that makes one wonder about the friend who sneezes in dozens, as opposed to
couplets).

With respect to this latter correlation (sneeze* 1/8 orgasm) the etiquette of
saying, “God bless you" seems a tad tacriligious. I mean, imagine a good catholic
screaming, “God Mess you”, as he/she reached sexual climax?

Confessionals all over the country would be crammed during die hay fevar
season—“Forgive me Father, for Ihave sinned. I sneezed seventeen times today.”
Immunity shots would become prerequisites for baptism. Asthma sufferers
would be excommunicated from the church. The path to litwgical imminai
would become rooted in nasal nonchalence, the asceticism of cilia that reftiee to
sway.

Thank God there is more to sneezing than sexual metaphores. In fact, the
origin of “God bless you” has to do with that mini-seizure I mentioned (and
subsequently ignored) when I first spoke of orgasms.

The seizure is like momentary brain death.

For a few seconds, the sneezer crosses into the “world beyond,” where he
accosts God in a subtle stream of his own temporal mucus. In other words, die
sneeze brings him closer to God. Thus, in a sense, the sneeze is a kind of mild
religious epiphany which enforces our conviction that there truly is a God. After
all he let the sneezer come back to life.

The Pope has been known to cany a small batch of pollen (the arsenic of the
liturgical world) with him at all times. Many an atheist has been seduced by a
sneeze.

From Guinness

Longest abbreviation: The 33 letter full name of Los Angelos (El Pueblo de
Nuestra Senora la Reina de los angelos de Pociuncula ) is abbreviated to LA, a
sylabic depreciation of 96.37%.

This Week In History

Day of Shepherds in Bulgaria

290A.D. Sl George executed (Feast Day; patron of England and Portugal
soldiers and Boy Scouts; invoked against skin disease).

1016 Edielred the Unready, King of England, died.

1616 William Shakespeare, English playright, died.

1861 Robert E. Lee took command of Virginia's troops.

“Maryland, My Maryland”, state song, written.

1896 Fust public showing of a motion picture, NYC.

1911 Burman, in a Benz automobile, set a land speed record of
141.732 mph.

1928 Shirley Temple, actress-diplomat, bom.

1946 Mussolini’s body stolen from a pauper's grave in Milan.

1964 Ken Johnson pitched a no-hitter but lost the game on error s
(Cincinnati 1. Houston 0).

Quote of the week:

“Every man alone is sincere. At the <
hypocrisy begins ”

—Ralph Waldo Emerson.

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CC&P

(Continued from page 5)

in* graduate school in the fall follow-
in* graduation were 13%, 16%, and
224%. respectively. These percent¬
ages are very close to those of recent
Middlebury graduates.

What about the job hunt procedure
at Middlebury might contribute to these
low percentages? CC&P has an exten¬
sive resource library in their offices in
Adirondack House. Accompanying
the literature and computer data bases
is a resource librarian to point the way.
However, this library faces two prob¬
lems that limit its usefulness.

The first is that the library is confus¬
ing. There are brochures that aid the
job hunter in their quest, however these
are not inclusive, and need to be more
carefully and comprehensively pre¬
pared, perhaps by occupation. This
might seem to be a spoon-fed method
to jobsearching, however, the resources
are extremely complicated and the cur¬
rent process is highly inefficient

...over $500 of printed
resources were pilfered
from the CC&P library
this academic year...

Better accessibility to the resource
library will likely increase its use sig¬
nificantly. And secondly, over $500 of
printed resources were pilfered from
the library this academic year, making
it difficult to complete a thorough
search.

Oneof the most successful methods
of finding a job is through networking.
CC&P maintains a computerized
alumni directory organized both by
occupational code and geographic lo¬
cation. Alumni addresses and occupa¬
tions .\re updated every 5-7 years
through the Alumni Relations office,
while CC&P sends out a hundred or
more requests for updated information
each month.

However, the response rate by
alumni is low, and the staff at CC&Pdo
not possess the resources to follow-up
questionnaires that are not relumed.
Another drawback in using the alumni
computer is that CC&P often does not
have information on the companies or
organizations for whom these alumni
work, increasing the time and neces¬
sary footwork for the individual using
these connections.

The staff of Middlebury's CC&P
office is quantitatively similar to the
colleges polled, however the ratio of
senior students to counselors i&signifi-
cantly higher:

Middlebury 240:1

Bowdoin 117:1

Amherst 120:1

Colgate 170:1

Elevating this ratio even more is
that, while other colleges have specific
alumni relations personnel, Middlebury
career counselors also double as alumni
counselors.

Middlebury CC&P currently em¬
ploys two full-time counselors. Direc¬
tor Valerie Szymkowicz and counselor
Pal Mullane. The support staff in¬
clude* an office manager/recruitment
coordinator, a career resource librarian
and an alumni and credential file

updater, to a total of live employees.

This is lets one counselor from t he

. ..appointment times
were reduced from one
hour to 45 minutes
because of reduced
staff.

1989 staff of six. The downsizing ne¬
cessitated the elimination of a valuable
networking tool, an ‘externship’ pro¬
gram that put students in touch with
alumni. And further burdening the
staff was the integration into the CC&P
offices of the pre-professional advisor.
Bob Osborne, in 1991.

It is clear that CC&P is understaffed
for the job they need to do. According
to Director Szymkowicz, the CC&P
staff is “very busy.” She said that they
have a full appointment schedule
booked 1 to 2 weeks in advance, and
that appointment times were reduced
from one hour to 45 minutes because of
reduced staff.

Communication between students
and CC&P is less than adequate and is
a significant problem. On the whole,
students are unaware of the range of
services that CC&P can provide. The
fault for this lack of knowledge can be
shared by both the students and CC&P.

Students must have the motivation
to find out the information that they
need to know to create a productive job
search strategy. This cannot and should
not be forced upon seniors. But it should
be made as efficient and information-
rich as possible.

Director Szymkowicz is trying to
bridge the communication gap by reach¬
ing out to students and faculty in non-
tradition al ways. Recently, in an effort
to assess student perceptions of CC&P,
leaders of various student organiza¬
tions on campus were invited to an
informal lunch with Szymkowicz and
Mullane.

In the same manner, Szymkowicz
has invited faculty department heads to
get together and pool resources in an
effort to broaden the resource pool, and
to further assess the needs of students.

CC&P has the foundation to pro¬
vide outstanding career services to
Middlebury students. In order to real¬
ize their potential, the staff of CC&P
needs to reassess their methods and
their resources in light of the needs and
desires of the students.

In the same manner, the students
need to take the initiative and make the
time to learn the process by which
CC&P works to assist them in their
search for a career.

Frightening...

(Continued from page 5)

duction of different opinions jarring.

This list should be helpful in start¬
ing you on the road to complete
anonimity. Once you follow these easy
steps, you should have no problem
seeing other aspects of your life which
are different and therefore scary.

Author's note: This article is not
intended to single out any persons or
group, as that would be antithetical to
its message.

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lem, tried to leverage out a business
owner (Lazarus Department Store)
standing in the way of the desired ex¬
pansion. The business owner, unhappy
with the idea of being forced out with¬
out discussion, is now holding fast to
his property. Reportedly, the business
owner would have been willing to qui¬
etly sell if he had been approached in a
manner more acceptable to him. Such
is the story of Middlebury today. How
much of the past is it acceptable to
destroy while making way for the new?

Anyone driving through downtown
Middlebury on a hot summer's after¬
noon wiU quickly realize that the town
desperately needs a new bridge.

The existing bridge, which spans
Otter Creek between Ben Franklin and
Skihaus, is very old and stretched to its
capacities. It is currently one of two
routes linking the town to the west side,
where the college is located.

Which causes one to ask, what
would happen if the town bridge were
rendered unusable? For example, a
few years ago, when the town was
removing the hill in the road in front of
Delta Upsilon, the vibrations from the
dynamite blasts were shaking the foun¬
dation of the bridge. There was, as one
would hope, some concern that if the
blasts were to large, they would dis¬
lodge the bridge, and make it unusable.
This would not only be a serious incon¬
venience for the people on the west
side of town, it would also be quite
dangerous. Fire trucks cannot fit
through the covered bridge, the only
other reasonably close route to the west
side in Middlebury.

There is a plan for a new bridge
being developed. It still stands to be
approved by the town, and recent town

meetings have been held to discuss die
issue. This bridge, construction for
which could begin within the next five
years, will spm the creek from what is
now Steele’s Mobile Station, across
from the Otter Creek B akery, to Cross
street, near Cole’s Florist

The project could add two sets of
lights to the Middlebury road system;
one where Cross street comes onto
Court street the other at the bridge
entrance on this side of the creek.

Additionally, the Mobil station
would have to be leveled to make way
for this necessary entrance to the bridge.
The new bridge is intended to be nearly
47 feet wide, and span over the top of
Mr Up’s restaurant. If this plan is
accepted, Mr. Up's may be closed for
as long as two years, and lunch on the (
patio might become rather troll-like
under the new trestle.

Another solution to the downtown
traffic problem is the creation of a route
seven bypass around the town. This
bypass, intended for the eastern side of
town would begin on route seven north
by the John Deere tractor sales, and
empty out south of town near Shea
Motors. Those opposed to the plan
argue that Middlebury would become
another Vergennes if this bypass were
to be constructed.

This analogy refers to the decline in
the commercial trade of Vergennes as
route seven was re-routed around it
many years ago. However, unlike
Vergennes, Middlebury has the col¬
lege as an important attraction for lur¬
ing customers to the shops.

In addition, there is a fear that the
bypass segment of route seven will
draw those types of periphery busi¬
nesses not commensurate with
Middlebury’s atmosphere. The fear of
“strip development” as it is referred to,
is a legitimate concern, but Vermont
has very strict development laws de-

_ Thuraday, April 13 ,

Severely Yours...

(Continued from page 6)

So the next time you are intc H^m
ally accosted, write your local con¬
gressman/woman. Make he/she aware
of this conspiracy. Let’s expose tW.
beings for what they really are. Don’t
let them become thought gr emlin. 0 f
the next generation. I certainly don’t
want a ferny head Ninja as the next
president of the United States. So act
now! Join the human struggle against
these wretched, inconsiderate, bad
mannered ferny heads. I won’t give up
till I die. Long live Interzone!

Hey, I just wrote my fust activist
piece. I knew nihilism was just aphase.

Author'snote: The segments of ltst
weeks article referring to Greenpeace
and Gillette were inserted by the Fea¬
tures editor in revision. They were not
intended to be offensive. We apologize
for offending anyone, and complaints
and criticisms should be directed to C.
Peter Harris, Features Editor.

signed to deter this type of construc¬
tion. Vermont’s act 200 and act 250
zoning laws were developed in part due
to similar concerns when interstate 89
was being constructed. Act 200 calls
for local governments to plan their own
developmental future, while act 250 is
designed to preserve the natural beauty
of Vermont as a whole. If in fact
Middlebury does see this bypass, it will
be many years from now.

Middlebury is a town on the move.
Growth threatens from every angle,
and is confronted at every angle.

The beauty of small-town politics is
the perfect forum for development de¬
bates. Many of these meetings are
open to the public. In a small town,
each person’s opinion can directly af¬
fect the outcome of load projects.

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Thursday, April 23,1992

The Middkfcary Campus

ARTS

Quintet program
spans ages musically

By Hillary Oppmann

Mead Chapel resounded with the
rich tones of Alan Parshley’s French
hom on Wednesday, April 15 at 8:00
pm. This time, however, he was joined
by four other talented Vermont musi¬
cians: David Brubaker and James
Duncan on trumpet, Peter Bouchard on
trombone, and Mark Nelson on tuba.
Together they comprise the Vermont
Brass Quintet

The Quintet a group which has
evolved continually over the last twenty
years, has been in its present configura¬
tion for six years. At the moment
Parshley is the only founding member
still with the group. He has been with
the Vermont Symphony Orchestra since
1984, in addition to playing with nu¬
merous other groups throughout New
England and New York. Parshley also
teaches applied hom at Middlebury
and the University of VermonL

The Quintet’s program at Mead
Chapel included pieces that covered a
variety of time periods and styles of
music, all of which were treated with
polished performances. The concert
began with several early pieces, the
first by Bach. Not originally written for
brass quintet, “My Spirit Be Joyful"
was transcribed by Harry Herforth. The
piece embodied the rich tones that one
typically associates with brass groups.
The lush motive was repeated over and
over, creating the full sound of tradi-
ttonal brass pieces.

The aaooad piece, “Ceremonial
Stole’' by Samuel Scheidt, takes its
ins piratio n from dances of the time.
The first two movements are named for
different dances: “Galliard” md“Cou-
rant” “Galliard” was very quick, with
the trumpet leading the other instru¬

ments in crescendos of rising notes.

The tone of “Courant” slowed to a
more stately pace, with beautiful pro¬
gression and layering among the in¬
struments. The final movement,
“Canzon,” as suggested by its name,
centered around repeated call-and-re¬
sponse phrases between the high and
low register instruments.

“Sonatine,” a piece by twentieth
century composer Eugene Bozza, pro¬
vided some contrast to the first two
pieces. It gave the instruments more
freedom to show off their individual
strengths, while still taking advantage
of a more traditional blending of sounds.

“Allegro Vivo,” the title of both the
first and third movements, translates to
“lively and quick,” as indeed they were.
The first movement in particular had a
punchy wit and freer combinations of
instruments than the Bach or Scheidt
pieces.

This lively and aggressive tempo
was balanced by the leisurely, “An¬
dante ma non troppo.” The slower
tempo added to the movement’s strong
sense of foreboding and danger, cut
through by the melancholy line of the
trumpet. The leisurely tempo resumed
at the beginning of the final movement,
but quickly accelerated. The fast pace
and changes in volume accentuated the
playful interaction between the instru¬
ments, especially the hom, trombone,
and tuba.

After ast i
resumed will
“Stale Parisian "mdTjutiw Latin.”
which wonderfully evoked Paris and
the passion of the French, and perfectly
captured the lively chararhtr of the
streets in the Latin Quarter.

In “Memoirs (pour Edith Pilaf),”

The Vermont Brass Quintet In performance last Wednesday, April 15
| In Mead Chape L.

France’s grief over the death of her
favorite chanteuse was richly ex¬
pressed. The movement first created a
feeling of solemn mourning, moving
into tones of pleasant, though sad, remi¬
niscence. A pause before the end gave
all the musicians a chance to insert
mutes, resulting in a restrained and
subdued ending.

dsmhaB was salahnaad in As lari

movement.'"Moulin Rouge.” hs shifts
between spirited md more stalely danc¬
ing theme* brought back the playful air
of die first move
For die next i

we re n ewe d lo the tra dition a l ssasic of
(Conti mmd aw page 12)

Photo by Roberta Stewart I

Buffalo Tom stirs
slam dancers in pit

fatt Yeoman ’93 and Brian Good ’92 meeting by
chance In Central Park In Edward Albee’sZoe.

Photo by Caroline SahaJaen \

Zoo Story offers emotional honesty

By Gene Swift

Edward Albee’sZooStery,directed
by Sandhya Subramanian ’93 and star¬
ring Brian Good ’92 snd Matthew Y eo-
man ’93, opened a three-night run in
the Hepburn Zoo this past Thursday
night with an entertaining and emo¬
tionally honest performance. The show
was Good’s independent 500 project,
and Subramanian’s second directorial
project this year.

The actors put in a wonderful per¬
formance both individually and as a

team. It was this teamwork which was
key to the show’s success considering
the nature of “Jerry,” Good's mote-
than-slightly-neurotic character. When
one character serves as the story'sprin-
ciple plot catalyst, it is difficult for that
character not to stand out overwhelm¬
ingly in the memory of the i
Nevertheless. what standi
rily in the performance is the believ¬
able interaction b e twee n the two men.

In Zoo Story, these is very little of a
“plot”intents of aetkm. “Peter”(Yeo¬

man), a mature-looking nun equipped
with sports-jacket, pipe, aad slightly-
won! book settles himself down on a
park bench in Central Pnk. New York,
for what he thinks will be hie usual
Sunday afternoon relaxation. Jerry

By Cole Odell

Apologies to any BossTones fans
out there, but last Friday at McCullough
RCA recording artists Buffalo Tom put
on the best show the school has seen
this year. Coming to Middlebury as the
first stop of a seven-week U.S. tour,
and on the heels of an extensive Euro¬
pean swing, the Amherst, Massachu¬
setts band was fresh and obviously ex¬
cited to play to the people who typify its
listeners: college students. As a result,
they treated an audience which com¬
bined members from nearly every so¬
cial group on campus — from football
players to DKE brothers to WRMC
disc jockeys — to a blazing set of
powerful, hard-edged pop songs.

Arriving slightly late after unfore¬
seen U-Haul troubles back in Massa¬
chusetts, Buffalo Tom took to the stage
at midnight after a rousing warm-up
from Middlebury bands Viet Nun and
Pocket Monster (more on these later;
etiquette demands famous people/head¬
liners first).

The trio drew on material from all
three of their studio albums, including
college radio favorites “B irdbrain” and
“Fortune Teller,” but got the beat re¬
sponse with songs taken from their new
release. Let Me Come Over. “Velvet
Roof,” the band's current single, was
given a bli staring treatment which elec¬
trified the atypically active slam-danc¬
ing pit. The highlight of the show, how¬
ever, was a beautiful rendition of the
upcoming release “Taillighu Fade," the
type of depressed rock tune Paul
Westerberg of the Replacements used
lo write before he went adult-contem¬
porary. Up front in the crowd, people
slam-danced, while further back coqples
were making out — no,w that’s the
mark of a good tune.

Buffalo Tom has struggled wider
die shadow of more famous bands for
much of it* career. It b difficult to find
an article about the group dut does not
mention Dinosaur Jr. as an influence.
In a r ecent interview with Rockpooi
sad anger Bin Janovitz
dial hi* band is not Dinosaur
Jr. jmior, but la moving in its own
In the same article.

he also admitted that the group is “not
breaking down any musical barriers or
anything.” Perhaps this explains why
to many people I asked about the show
commented, “Ehhh...it was okay.”

While many of their songs are pow¬
erful and hard-edged, they are also
somewhat nondescript The day fol¬
lowing the concert, I remembered only
the four songs I knew before I went /
still thought it was great fun, even if
they didn't have a hom section or cos¬
tumes, but the critics have some basis
for their complaints.

The opening acts were each given
about forty minutes on stage, and uaed
their short time effectively. Viet Nun,
in what might be its last appearmce,
turned in a slightly tired performs**.
It was, luckily, well disguised by amus¬
ing costuming (this time they opted for
surgical gowns splattered in barbecue
sauce) and prop* of large girth. The
band broke out of their apparent bore¬
dom for a httwy cover of Nirvana’*
“Negative Creep,” which served as a
reminder that Nun can still be great
when it wants to be.

The moat pleasant surprise of the
. evening was the second performance
of Pocket Monster. Instead of the some¬
what muddled punk cover songs which
marked their debut last month before
the BossTones, the Monster came out
with a set comprised almost entirely of
original*, aside from, again, an obliga¬
tory Nirvana tong.

Drummer John Colpius *95 and
basaiat David Stahler '94 (former
rhythm section for TB A/Adhesive X)
provided cool, jazzy funk beats over
which lead singer Julian Bemick *92
ranted, doing hi* best to pop the vein*
in his neck. And this school has itself a
new resident guitar god in Jesse
Cunningham '94, who, in his Mack
high-top* and swirling mane of hair,
strode the stage like Thor, wielding a
guitar rnher than a mighty hammer. Of
special note was the Cunningham/
Slahkr-penned “Homeless Bastard,”
atalmaiorigi-
Ons hopes they find a

on page 10)

Thursday, April 23,1992

Shrouded Voices expressed by dancer Wess Staats

By Deborah Wynne Wdanu the program expressed the tone of the
Every week at Middlebury a broad piece: “I devour fury tile* an idiotic
spectrum of events offers all of us the angel/ invalidated weed/ that impedes

opportunity to supplement our educa- the memory of the/ color of the sky.”
Uofis beyond the classroom. From po- The movement within die dance ex-
Utical science to poetry, the choices pressed desperation, yearning and a
seem endless. This past weekend in the sisterhood of suffering.

New Dance Studio.Wess Staats ’92 The piece began with the three bal-
offered her senior project “A Dawning ancing on four-legged stools. Misarti

of Shrouded Voices” as just such an and Larsen held a contorted, back-
educational chance. arched position while Staats squirmed

Many of her pieces employed two towards the ground. The stools seemed

very challenging tasks for a choreogra- to represent a boundary between the
pher/dancer the use of a strong, politi- women and the floor, a boundary which

cal message and the use of props. There could only be broken by losing control
are dangers in both of these options: a and falling.

message, if not complete and heart- Throughout the piece, the women
felt, falls flat and becomes trite; a prop returned to the stools for different pur-
needs to enhance and not distract, hope- poses. They became defensive weap-
fully becoming more than it is. If you ons, grasped by the three artists curled
did not attend the sold-out show, I hope up on the floor, with straight legs of the
I can pass her lessons on to you. props jutting up above them. The stools

became refuges, the women sliding
across the floor clutching them tightly.
Throughout the piece, Staats success¬
fully took the stools beyond their stan¬
dard usage as something to sit on.

The second piece, “S/He is as
Other,” provided great humor and wit,
allowing the audience to explore a
somewhat “taboo” subject. The props
in this piece created a surreal atmo¬
sphere. A barre covered with bright
men’s ties framed the back of the space.
In the back, left comer stood a table,
covered with a bright table cloth, a
chair, a bowl and a candle. The piece
began with Staats sitting at the table,
sipping and spitting out soup. David
Barlow '94 and Thierry Stiener '94
stood staring at each other.

^ Humor is a gamble in dance pieces.
Something which one can’t stop laugh¬
ing at in a rehearsal might fall flat on is
face in front of an audience. Staats’
humor did not fall flat, it rang true.
Accompanied by the most baroque,
most Harlequin-romance, most flour¬
ishing comy-beaqh-scene-in-Frcm-
Here-to-Eternity-mmic. Stiener ex¬
tended his hand to Barlow. The invita-

Humor is a gamble in
dance pieces.
Something which one
can’t stop laughing at
in rehearsal might fall
flat on its face in front
of an audience.

Stoat’s humor did not
fall flat, it rang true.

Wess Staats In performance.

“Atasco (Obstruction).” the first
piece of the evening, utilized both a
strong message and challenging props.
The piece featured Staats. Nichole
MiijLti ’95, and Kari Larsen ’95. The
women’s costumes were all black; their
heads were shrouded, only letting
through the penetration of their eyes.

The soundtrack, a poem by South
American poet Alejandra Pizamik,
completed the message of the bound
woman. The translation of the poem
from Spanish to English provided in

Week At A Glance

Continued from page 9

After the show Ed Feldman *92,
who organized the event almost single-
handedly, bringing tbe House Council
together with MCAB and WRMC for
the first time as event co-sponsors,
commented tiredly that “it was a lot of
fun, but I’m never doing it again.”

•New York sculptor Judith Shea will present a slide lecture on Thurs¬
day, April 23 in Johnson 207.

"Laughing Wild .a play by Christopher Durang, will be performed in the
Hepburn Zoo on Thursday, April 23 at 9pm and Friday and Saturday,
April 24 A 25 at 8pm.

•The American Movie Club will screen Mississippi Burning on Friday,
April 24 at 7 and 9:20pm in Dana Auditorium.

•On Friday, April 24 at 8pm, Bill Croft and Chris Brubeck will
perform their original blend of folk, jazz, and blues improvisation. Peter
Madcat Ruth (harmonica) and Joel Brown (guitar) will accompany the duo.
Tickets are S10 general admission. $4 for students.

•Come relive the Seventies on Friday, April 24 with the Village People!
The concert will start at 8pm and will be followed by a DJ dance party.
Tickets are $5 and the show will be in Pepin Gym.

• Korczak. a highly controversial film about the actions of the Poles
during the Holocaust, will be shown on Saturday, April 25 at 4 and 7:30 pm
in Twilight Auditorium.

•J9M. Orwell‘s chilling vision of the future, will be shown on Saturday,
April 25 at 7 and 9:30 pm in Dana Auditorium.

•This year's African American Alliance Fashion Show, “Spring In
Color: Mahogany Rebirth,” will be on Saturday, April 25 at 8 pm in
McCullough. Combo tickets for the show and after party are S7, show anly
is S5. and party rickets are S3.

•Emily Slngley will give a clarinet recital, accompanied by pianist
Pamela McClain, on Sunday, April 2d at 4pm in Chateau Grand Salon.

•The Mountain Ayes Madrigal Concert will be on Sunday. April 26 at
4:30 pm in the Gifford Ampitheatre (rain location will be the Gamut Room).

•Theatre 231 will screen the short film Huppy Mother’s Day , followed
by Bramblest on Monday, April 27 at A:30jxn in Twilight Auditorium.

•Ana Cooper, memeberof the Vermont Symphony Orchestra and violin
teacher at Middlebury. will give a recital on Monday, Apr! 27 at 8pm in
MaadChapeL

•Jean AaouUh’s play Modem •teBe CaJeashe will be in Wright Theatre
far four parfanaaocas from Thursday, April 39 to Sunday, May 2 m 8pm.
Tickets are S3. $2 with College ID.

Thursday, April 23,1992

The Middlebury Campus

l

11

Tasty Llama gear up for
a second summer tour

By Christa Hawiyluk

College bands come and go. Some
are okay, some are better than okay, but
even the good ones, unfortunately, usu¬
ally split up when some or all of its
members graduate. Not so with the
Tasty Llamas, affectionately known to
some as las llamas sabrosas. Three
fifths of the current Llamas have left
the hallowed grounds of Middlebury
College, yet the band is stronger than
ever, and planning their second sum¬
mer tour.

What has kept this dedicated group
of young musicians together? I talked
to members Mike McGuire '90 (vocals
andguitar)andTrevorCrist '93 (drums)
to find an answer to this plaguing ques¬
tion. They didn’t really have any an¬
swers, but they did have some other
thrilling insights to offer.

The name of the band itself is in¬
triguing. Many people are under the
mistaken impression that there is some
hidden meaning behind the words “tasty
llama,” and that it might even be sexual
Not so, McGuire and Crist assured me.
When originally seeking aname for the
group, members noted that many other
campus bands bore names that related
to food or animals; the Giggin' Frogs,
the Farm, Seafood Jambalaya, to name
a few. This band decided to combine
the two elements. Ironically, several
months after this monumental decision
was made, it was revealed by Crist that
his family actually owned several lla¬
mas at their home in Scott City, Kan¬
sas. Other members were somewhat
c'.uprised that he had not mentioned
this fact previously, but, “of course,
everyone has llamas so why mention

nr

But rather than llamas, this band,
which consists of McGuire, Crist, Thad
Archie *90 an bass, John “Ferris the
Hamster” Amster ’90 on keyboards,
vocals and sax, and Greg Navage *94
on lead guitarfsee inset), is concerned
primarily with music.

Because most of the members are
no longer at Middlebury, it is difficult
for the group to find time to practice

together. Nevertheless, they have an
ambitious summer tour planned. The Lla¬
mas will be based somewhere around
Hartford come warmer weather, and has
gigs planned for the New York, Boston,
and Connecticut areas.

Around July, McGuire says, the Lla¬
mas hope to get into the studio to do some
recording. He and Amster share in writ¬
ing the band’s original works, which they
hope will comprise most of the upcoming
album. Right now, their shows consist of
a happy mixture of covers and originals.
They are hoping that the first few weeks
of touring will give them enough practice
to be able to Tecord some quality work in
the studio.

McGuire no ted that Archie is in charge
of the band’s technical side. He is con¬
stantly reading up on the latest in musical
trends and making sure equipment is up
to date. The group’s latest acquisition is
an amplifier for Navage’s guitar. While
Navage himself is very enthusiastic about
his new amp, other members are skepti¬
cal. “Should anyone have an amp so loud
that we have to build a plexiglass box
around him on stage?” questions
McGuire. Fans seem to favor the new
amp. Says Llama Mama Shasta
Darlington ’92 of Navage, “Zounds, that
boy can rock!”

What does die future hold for the
Tasty Llamas after this summer's
excitment has waned? McGuire and Crist
say they’re not sure. McGuire, who cur¬
rently teaches at the Pomfret School,
hopes to head west at some point to
pursue a solo musical career. Amrtw will
be entering law school in die fall, and
Crist and Navage hope to graduate from
Middlebury. Thad Archie's plans remain
a mystery.

Those who are looking for some top
quality musical entertainment can catch
die Llamas this spring opening far the
Samples at the Addison County Fair¬
grounds on May 7 and at Sig Ep's Robin
Hood Days on May 9. For additional
information concerning the Llamas, or to
be put on the mailing list, fans can contact
Crist at extension 3892 or Navage at
extension 3988.

Subject: Greg Navage
Position: Lead Guitar
Hometown: Waterbury, CT
Status: Single

Favorite Food: Anythkig from McDonald’s (if unavailable, plain Criaco will do)
Influences: Bay City Rollers, “Hooked on Classics,” Abba
Aspirations: Non-existent

Tun-one: Really loud guitars, really loud guitarists, really loud amps,
really loud trains, explosives
Ttam-ofls: Salad bon, less-thsn-30-minute solos
Memorable quote: “After the gig. we tfaeL”

Who he’d wmt to play ban in a saovie: Be Niro (if mavatlabb. Ktogm n )J

Photo courtesy of What Are Records?

Samples shine in live performances

By Hillary Brown

When a young band has a highly
successful first album, it's not long
before fans become restless and be¬
gin clamoring for even newer music.
Par fa Be wan of The Samples, the
wait hasn't bam long. The Samples
are back this year with not oaly the
•aw album No Room, but also with
aceacert in MiddUbury on May 7 for
toe Building With Books beuifit.
After receiving their las last album
No Room, I spoke with keyboardist
A11 anghlin about the band and the
changes diet have taken place since
toek recording debut last year.

The Samples are hailed as a Boul¬
der band, but two of the members are
ham Burlington and laughlin grew
up jn England and Boston. It is hard
to categorize The Samples’ sound,
which is a strength. Many compare
lead singer Sean Kelly's vocals to
Sting, and the bend to The Police, but
laughlin reminded nee that. “Sean’s
vocals asrthrashier than The Police’s,
and we’ve recorded more tunes than
the Foboe ever didl”

The Samples' influences are as
diverse as their songs on No Rooms,
and Laughlin counted medieval mu¬
sic, jazz, folk, reggae and ska among
the band's influences Laughlingrew
up in England, so he was affected by
the ska movement there, while their
drummer Jeep MacNichol draws
from a funk background, and lead
singer Kelly is inspired more by Jack-
son Browne and Bruce Hornsby than
Sting.

They’ve recently reduced from a
five piece to a four piece because of
the loss of acoustic guitar- mandolin-
banjo player Charles Hambleton.
“We're a four piece not by dunce,
but by Charlie's choice to leave,”
said Lauglin. The loss has led to
some changes musically, but
Laughlin fsels that,"We lost Charlie’s
spiritual vibes most of all”

Because of the change in line-up,
“Live, we pack much more of a punch,
we're more agresaive. People stage¬
dive at oar shows.” While listening
to No Room doesn't inapire me to

“We're playing toe same tunas, but
with mom of on edge and mom jm-

Their self-titled debut album

treated environmental issues in songs
such ss “Black Ivory.” With their latest
release, they’ve moved away from the
message-per-song mentality. “The
songs we about something, but Sean
[Kelly] makes was about inmttoiag

While the Samples
may seem like the
perfect college band —
young, idealistic, and
innovative musically,
they don*t feel that
they fit this label

tHieir strength lies in the fact that the
messages don’t overwhelm the songs,
“We’re best when we play live be¬
cause we throw out images.”

Although they we a young band.
The Samples have been wound sev¬
eral years wid have worked with some
impressive musicians. No Room in¬
cludes the track “Giant," which was
recorded live in Denver with Branford
Marsalis.

Laughlin called the experience “re¬
ally cool;” the band had met Marsalis
several yean ago, and asked him to

join them in concert Unfortunately,
The Samples didn’t write the song, but
it is a great tune nonetheless.

While the Samples may seem like
the perfect college band—young, ide¬
alistic, and in nov toi ve musk-ally, they
don’t feel tow tooy fit due label. Said
Laughlin. “ws anew family played col-
legoa, in stead wa Kaud by playing
chibs... the only thi^ that's changed is
that tha rhihs ws juW partial Hggwhr
us.”

The Sanqilw have gsiasd wi indent

following in tha North East and
i -|S«. citod Buria^ton audiences
as being team of the most psyched for
their sound. “It's a bumrew to piey to
audie nce s [down South] whe re no one
has hewd of us, but its their loeef,”
lamented Laughlin.

The Samples don’t worry about
'success' per se; in feet they dropped
their major label contract with Arista
and are now with the independent
label,What Are Records? (WAR).

“We don't have any big plate, no
big egoe. Basically, we play it day by
day and just see what happens,”
Laughlin said.

TheSamplas we hi amazingly tight
band, and their experience playing five
should assure an impressive show on
May 7. Better yet the show will benefit
e great esuee.

Of Note: Russian Poet to

present Stalin’s Funeral

Yevgeny Yevtushenko, one of the

most renowned Russian poets of the
twentieth century, will nuke a two-day
visit to Middlebury College Monday
and Tuesday, April 27 and 28.

A writer, novelist film maker md
photographer, Yevtushenko is best
known for his controversial powerful
and progressive poetry. His most fa¬
mous poems were written during the
period when Nikita Khrushchev wa in
power in the Soviet Union.
Yevtushenko became the first poet to
speak out againet the revival of
Stalinism. anti-Semitism and the cen¬
soring of Russian literature.

He hae remained a public figure m
die center of Soviet affairs as a poet,
novelist and litemy critic for years.
Yevtushenko's poetry is said to form
the “cradle of Gleeaost.” in s p i ri ng

Gorbachev and Yeltsin.

Yevtushenko's most renowned
works include Zima Junction (1936)
and Babii Yar (1961).

Yevtushenko's visit will be part of
a week-long series of events concerned
with “Culture and folibes m Transi¬
tion: Russia and East Europe.” All
events we free and open to the public.

Yevtushenko’s B ret a ppe aran c e will
be on Monday, April 27 w7:30pm with
a showing in Dana Auditorium if his
new film Stalin's Funeral. He will in¬
troduce the film and will participate in

The film, which received its Am eri ca n
premiere only two weeks ego at toe
Mueeum of Modern Art m New York

page 12

The Middlebury Campus

•Molifcre’s comic masterpiece The School For Wives will perform at the Royall Tyler Theatre at UVM Wednesday
through Saturday, April 15-18 and Thursday through Saturday, April 23-25. Call 656-3085 for more information.

•The hit Broadway musical 42nd Street will perform at the Flynn Theatre om Thursday, Friday and Saturday, April
23,24, and 25 at 8pm. Call 86-FLYNN for ticket inforamtion.

•The Lane Conceit Series presents the Orion String Quartet at 8pm Friday, April 24 at 8pm. Tickets are $10.

•The 25th Vermont Maple Festival Fiddlers Variety Show, featuring fiddlers, dancers, singers and storytellers.

Zoo Story

(Continued from page 9)
nipulaiing Peter’s thoughts, actions, and
perceptions through stories of “cruelty
and kindness.”

However, what there does turn out
to be is a clever parallel between Jeny's
experience with a dog belonging to his
landlady and his manipulation of Peter.

Elements such as Jerry ’ s references
to his brieif experiences as a, “h-o-m-o-
s-e-x-u-a-1,” and how, “making money
with your body...is an act of love,” a
running gag concerning Peter’s “ideal”
family life (and parakeets, cats, and
daughters), and a well-directed con¬
nection between Jerry’s stories and his
constant movement around the station¬

_ Thursday, April 23,19»2

Yeoman’s performance echoed his
prior stint in T m Getting My Act To¬
gether andTaking it onthe Road, when
his character played a Kodak-toting
“father” for a few brief moments. He
was believable as an “older” man, with¬
out any extreme physical choices or
make-up effects, and his movements
seemed very much like those of Peter
and not Matthew Yeoman.

In a very “straight-man” role. Yeo¬
man played a very good listener, and
the things he did say possessed the
energy and clarity needed to balance
the extroverted Jerry.

Good more than lived up to his
name as Jerry, grounding his stories
deeply enough in himself so that they
possessed enough strength to be be¬
lievable and have an effect on the audi¬

will be held on Saturday, April 25 at 8pm. Tickets are available through! the Vermont Maple Council.

•The Landis & Company Theatre of Magic will perform “It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Magic Show” on Friday,
May 1 at the Mill River Union High School. Tickets are $8 for adults and $7 for seniors, students, and children under
12. For more information call 775-5413.

•The Empire Brass Quintet will return to Rutland for a performance on Sunday, May 3 at 8pm at the Grace
Congregational Church. Tickets are $15 for adults, $14 for seniors and students and $7 for children. For more
information call 775-5413.

When one character serves as the story*s
principal plot catalyst, it is difficult for that
character not to stand out in the memory of the
audience. Nevertheless, what stands out
primarily in the performance is the believable
interaction between the two men.

Quintet...

Continuetf from page 9
the seventeenth and eighteenth century
with Tomaso Albinoni, a contempo¬
rary of Bach.

Albinoni’s piece, “Sonato Saint
Mark” displayed the Italian composer's
conservative yet graceful style.

The final piece of the evening was
the memorable “Quintet” by contem¬
porary. composer Malcolm Arnold.
Arnold established himself as an inde¬
pendent composer with a number of
original works in the 1950’s, including
the soundtrack for David Lem's Bridge
on the River Kwai.

Written in 1961, “Quintet” demon¬
strated the energy and wide emotional

range brass instruments can create. The
second and third movements were par¬
ticularly strong, moving from the in¬
tense feeling of suspense in “Chaconne”
to the alluring echoes of ‘Con Brio.”

The audience expressed its delight
with much applause, and brought the
group back out for a encore perfor¬
mance of “Dance,”by Wilke Renwick.
This short but spirited piece had a catchy
flavor, and once again showed off the
versatility of brass, especially in the
hands of such accomplished musicians.

The audience members weren’t the
only ones to appreciate the fine evening
of music in Mead Chapel.

The Quintet members enjoyed hav¬
ing the whole stage to themselves, br¬
ing used to the cramped quarters of

Vermont Symphony Orchestra perfor¬
mances in the chapel.

The Quintet also relished the great
acoustics that Mead offers. Trumpeter
Jim Duncan described it as, “a nice
place to show off,” as indeed they did.

The skill of the players was perhaps
most appreciated by the members of
CBQ, Middlebury’s own brass quartet
The members present at the concert
commented on, “die good transitions
and the wide range of pieces.”

They certainly know what to look
for, CBQmember Kathleen Kuykendall
is a student of Quintet trumpet player
Brubaker. Trombonist Dan Mallach,
another member of the fledgling group,
says to look for their debut concert on
May 5.

ary Peter, made the characters wholly
interesting and added to the draw of the
play.

The set, a re-creation of a secluded
section of Central Park consisting of
two park-benches and a familiar-look¬
ing blue and grey trash bin, was simple
yet just enough for the show, and ac¬
complished that constantly sought-af¬
ter balance between interesting and dis¬
tracting.

As for the lights, there could have
been a bit more subtlety, but the design
quickly redeemed itself with the cues
which went with the surprising final
moments of the show.

In terms of the acting, very few
critical comments can be made.

ence. During "The Story of Jerry and
the Dog,” I found myself staring at the
dog that wasn’t there, visualizing the
images Good created with his words.

Good was energized enough to
maintain Jerry’sholdon the audience's
attention. He threw naturalism com¬
pletely to the wind, and his build-up to
the final conflict, in which he impales
himself on a knife he has given Peter to
“defend himself,” was strong and well-
executed.

I knew the ending of the show be¬
fore seeing it, yet it all came as quite a
shock to me when it actually happened.
This is a clear indication of the quality
of the talent involved in this excellent
production.

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AS A RESULT OF THE SGA:

* A-LOT WILL BE REGRADED NEXT MONTH

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THURSDAY THRU SATURDAY FOR ALL
STUDENTS

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PATHWAYS ON CAMPUS FOR YOUR SAFETY,
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Thursday, April 23,1992

The Middlebury Campus

page 13

SPORTS

Men’s lacrosse stays undefeated with win over St. Mike’s

By Brendan Collins
and Booth Hodde

The men's lacrosse team is
hightailing yet another excellent sea¬
son. Currently ranked 12th in the Divi-
sion III national polls, the Panthers
have tallied a 6-0 record.

Keen coaching and savvy play pro¬
pelled the team to key victories last
week over Saint Michael’s and peren¬
nial rival Bowdoin College. Perhaps a
glimmering ECAC Championship re¬
peat lies down the road, but the Pan¬
thers' success is a result of focusing on
one game at a time with a perpetually
hard-nosed attitude.

On Tuesday, April 14th, the team
was primed to wreak havoc on St.
Mikes’s and came up with an easy 19-
6 win over their overmatched oppo¬
nents. From the first face-off,
Middlebury dominated every ground
ball and maintained a consistent on¬
slaught

A balanced scoring effort led to a
halftime tally of 16-2. Pete Steinle '92
once again led the onslaught for the
Panthers, pumping in 3 goals and dish¬
ing out some pretty assists.

Approaching the end of the first
half, Steinle had the ball in front of the
St Michael’s goalie and sneaked a
blind over the shoulder pass to waiting
Matt Thompson '92 to continue the
Panther scoring barrage.

Sandy Hume '92 did a fine job of
keeping what little scoring attack the
Purple Knights could muster, intact
Although the game did end in a 19-
6 win for the Panthers, Saint Michael’s

did display a valiant effort.

Under questionable weather condi¬
tions, die Panthers travelled to Bowdoin
on Friday night for a pregame respite at
the glamorous Atrium Spa and Casino

of Brunswick, Maine.

The Polar Bears were pumped for
their home opener, which made the
hunt much more difficult for the Pan¬
thers.

Dartmouth was a major hurdle on the Panthers’ road to a perfect record.

Photo by Karl Peletier

Junior midfielders Chris Fagan and
John Atherton led the offensive attack
to a 4-2 first quarter lead. But the
Panthers were still weary of Bowdoin’s
run and gun attack.

Their fears came true as Bowdoin
charged to a 12-8 lead at the end of the
third quarter.

It was apparent that only a monu¬
mental fourth quartereffort would faring
home the bacon. Senior defensive
midfielder Charlie Watson led the battle
between the restraining lines, while
centers Banc Jones '92, just back from
an ankle injury he suffered against St
Mike's and Roy McKinnon '94 turned
the tables against a tough Bowdoin
face-off man.

These factors allowed the Panthers
to dominate the tempo of the game, and
they gradually reeled the game back
into reach.

Senior midfielder Ian McCray net¬
ted two key goals, including the win¬
ner, to dash Bowdoin’s hopes for an
upset Unaware that the game clock
still held a few fateful seconds, senior
attackman Jerry Pearce prematurely
launched a SCUD, the gameball, into
the woods. However, the game was
had, and the Panthers rejoiced with
much merriment

The men's lacrosse team looks for¬
ward to your support at this Saturday’s
home game against Tufts.

Middlebury cycling gets first win at Williams

By Sandy Olney

After so many near misses in their
previous weeks of racing, the cycling
team uncorked a dynamite performance
last Saturday by delivering on their
promise of a race victory. The site of
this achievement was Williamstown,
Massachusetts where the Purple Cows
of Williams College hosted what has
come to be considered the “home
course” for Middlebury racers.

The Williams College Criterium,
now in its third year, has a growing
reputation as a well-run event on an
excellent course. Each 0.9-mile lap
consists of five technical turns, two
wind-sweptstraightaway s, and one dif¬
ficult hill. ‘Tve been looking forward
to this race all year,” smiled a team
veteran. ‘This one is our favorite!”
Also helpful in the team’s quest for
victory was the vociferous group of
loyal Middlebury fans who had made
the early morning trip with the team.

The day’s opening event was a
men’s race for less experienced bikers.
Middlebury found the going tough:
Geordie Romer '93 and J.T.Dabney
'93—both top performers in the previ¬
ous weeks—raced with characteristic
gritanddetermination,butneither could
find the solution to the difficult event.
Romer, hampered by mechanical diffi¬
culties, and Dabney, struck down by
illness, stuck it out well, but they ad¬
mittedly raced well below par. Both
anticipate a return to form by next
weekend’s racing.

Also notable was the ride of Kate
Welch ’93, who debuted on the colle¬
giate circuit in the women's race for
novices. With barely a training ride
under her belt, the nordic skier rode
impressively, and won fourth place.
She might even try her hand at the more
difficult women’s races down the road.

Three laps into Middlebury’s next
race, Brian Welch ’93 dashed away
from the pack to win an intermediate
sprint for team points. The powerful
rider put his head down and kept going

— accompanied only by a solitary
racer from UNH—and the two quickly

opened a sizeable gap on the rest of die
field. Four of Welch's teammates, jun¬
iors Peter Webber, Chris Castro, and
Zach Caldwell, and senior Matt
Cevallos, remained in the pack, imped¬
ing any chasing attempts made by the
field.

Castro and Webber were particu¬
larly effective in the closing laps, pre¬
venting the powerful UMass squad from
mounting any concerted effort to catch
the two escapees up the road. In the
end, Welch and his UNH companion
dueled it out on the uphill finishing
stretch, with Welch outsprinting his
opponent by a time zone. Seventy sec¬
onds later, the remainder of the field
galloped across the line in a battle for
important team points.

Rounding out the Middlebury scor¬
ing was Webber in sixth and Castro in
twelfth. Commenting on his race-win¬
ning breakaway, Welch noted, “I was
planning to attack three laps from the
finish, not three laps from the start\
But it worked out well, and the team did
a good job to help me stay away.”

Some of the best women bicyclers
in the Northeast were present for die
women's top event, among them
Middlebury sophomores Amy
Hollingsworth and Heather Anderson.
Hollingsworth had yet another power¬
ful race, overcoming a mechanical mis¬
hap in the opening lap* to finish in
fourth place. This placing, along with
her top-3 finishes at West Point and
UMass, confirms her status as a con¬
tender in any race she enters. I’m
satisfied with my placings,” remarked
a pensive Hollingsworth, adding with a
wry smile, “but first place would be
really nice!”

Not to be overlooked is the solid
Anuerson, who took twelfth place in
die Williams race, proving her abilities
beyond my shadow of a doubt.

Both Hollingsworth and Anderson
are racing better than they did last sea¬
son when they were invited to partici¬
pate in the National CoBegiateCyding
Championships. Barring any major
impass, the two riders should secure

that berth once again.

The final results of the previous
weekend’s racing at West Point had
Middlebury as die ninth team of thirty-
five participating, behind squads from
such schools as Cornell, UMass, and
MIT, all of whom boast several na¬
tional-caliber riders. Middlebury,
whose small team draws from an en¬
rollment only a fraction of that of the
larger schools, still manages to hold its
own while thumping traditional cy¬
cling rivals Williams. UVM, UNH,
and Yale in the process.

“CM any given day, ia any type of
race; any one of our racers is capable of

factly. Cevallos concurred: “Our team
may not have die depth to win the lop
team honors, but we’ve got individuals
who can dish out some pain on the
other teams.”

With the recent heroics of the men
and the consistent lop finishes by the
women, the 1991-92cycling team is on
track for their finest season ever. This
weekend finds them at the Eastern
Collegiate Cycling Federation Cham¬
pionships, hosted by MIT, which will
serve to determine which college is lop
dog in the East. Middlebury racers will
most certainly be ia the thick of things,
and they just might pull off more wcil-

\

Hot bats
keep
baseball
on top

By Neal! Currie

On Monday, Middlebury pitcher
DougGinevan ’92 went the distance to
lead the Panthers to a 4-1 victory over
Vermont rival Johnson State.

With the outing, Gmevan boosted
his record to 4-1, while the team im¬
proved to 8-4. They alao improved
their defense.

Although Johnson Stale's single run
was unearned, the Pathers committed
only two errors in the game, while
maintaining their characteristic offen¬
sive production.

Leadoff hitter Bill Heslam '92 got it
started in the first inning with a double.
Paul Casarico '94 moved Heslam to
third with a single, and from there they
attempted a double steal. Impressively,
both men took their base, with Heslam
scoring the run, and Casarico sliding in
safe at second.

In the top of thesixth, Johnson Stale
scored to tie the game up at one apiece.

Middlebury quickly retaliated, when
Chad Cooper *93 led off with a double
and took third on aground out. Casarico
was up next, and picked up an RBI with
a hard ground ball to the second
baseman, who hobbled it just long
enough to let Cooper home.

Later in the inning, Andy Hyland
*93 smacked a double to bring Matt
Gone ’94 home from second. Gorra
reached base on an error, and moved to
second on a bunt.

The Pamhars got the final inaurance
ran in the last inning, when Man Shaw
*92 scored from third on a passed balL

The game was a springboard into
the Vermont State Toumaamm, which
was held Tue s d a y and Watbsaday.

The Middlebury Campus

Thursday, April 23,1992

Women’s rugby team upsets UVM in shutout

By Hillary E* Brown

Rugby season finally got on its
merry, muddy way last Saturday as the
women's club took on a triple-header
against Norwich and UVM after the
field was squeegied to reduce the lakes
forming in the middle of it

The A side defeated UVM by the
score of 3-0 behind the aggressive play
of senior captain Becky Worley, who
reminded everyone that “this is not a
cocktail party,” and di spayed some ef¬
fective tackling and kicking.

First-year scrum half Ter esc Tatum
'94 deftly controlled the ball out of the
rucks and mauls and Nancy Logan '93
literally ran away with the game, scor¬
ing its only try.

The win was a refresher after last
week’s loss to Dartmouth, and a re¬
minder that last year's win over UVM
was no fluke, but a result of solid prac¬
tice finally paying off. Back captain
Worley and scrum captain Emma
Lowen '92 have not hesitated to put
deserving rookies in high spots, and
their choices paid off with some good
runs by Kirsten Shonstrum '93.

It was more of the same when the B
side dominated UVM. A sizeable crowd
(lured by rumors of a keg on the side¬
lines) watched the match as the sea¬
soned scrummies and backs pushed
UVM back. The scrum worked well as
a unit, while backs Happy Hazleton '93
and Lesley Tomion '94 kept things
moving forward.

The game ended with no score, but
with no question of who controlled the
field.

had opened against Norwich. Because
of Easter and Passover, theC side team
was a motley bunch. The scrum packed
its first one down together fifteen min¬
utes before the game. Despite their
relative inexperience, theC side scrums
played well, loosing ground only when
their cleats couldn’t get a grip in the
mud. Although Middlebury’s scrum
was overpowering, Nowich had sev¬

eral speedy backs that controlled the
game on the way to an 8-0 Norwich
win.

The team’s recent practices in snow
didn’t prepare them for the rigours of
muddy conditions, and their ball han¬
dling wasn’t up to par. The mud did
more thancausesloppy play; itresulted
in a very physical contest, with one
Norwich player and two UVM players

taken off the field.

The celebrations continued after
the game at a barbeque with Norwich
and UVM, which was skillfully orga¬
nized by president Susan “Granny”
Gurney ’92

Middlebury takes on UVM again
this week at home, and this weekend
road trips to St. Araie’s in Montreal for
a match against the Barbs.

Early ip the afternoon, the C side

Men’s fours rows to victory at UMass-Lowell

By Phil Buss*

Last Saturday, the rowing club sur¬
prised both themselves and their com¬
petition with a strong performance at
the UMass-Lowell regatta.

The recent lack of on-water train¬
ing caused low expectations when the
team travelled to western
Massachusettes to compete against the
more established team from Lowell
and several other crews from New En-

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gland colleges.

The Middlebury team lost the re¬
gatta to Lowell; however, all the crews
rowed well, with the men’s heavy¬
weight four winning their race.

The men’s heavyweight four was
the first race of the day, and the only
event of the regatta where all five of the
teams competed.

Rowing conditions were favorable
for the Middlebury four, with the races

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being rowed downstream, making the
row quicker and easier. Their new boat,
“Smell Our Dairy Air,” had returned
from dry dock repairs, and while die
cold weather threatened to tense the
muscles of the other mall-bred, diin¬
skinned rowers, the Middlebury men,
toughened by the long Vermont win¬
ter, were undaunted.

The men’s four has been slowed in
recent races by the poor set, or balance,
of their boat Without a steady balance,
the shell moves slower and creates dif¬
ficult rowing conditions within the boat.
Shells are unset by either rough waters
and high winds or poor rowing tech¬
niques.

The four will meet
these crews again in
two weeks at the New
England

Championships where
they promise to provide
a challenge to the
Middlebury crew. The
first place finish was
the only victory for the
team on Saturday.

On Saturday morning, the
Merrimack River was flat and calm;
die four would have no excuse for a
poor set except bad technique.

Over the past three racing seasons,
the Middlebury men’s four has devel¬
oped rivalries on the scale of Oxford
and Cambridge. At Lowell, the
Bowdoin four were out to settle ascore
with their northern neighbors, who
edged diem out by five seconds at last
October’s Head of the Charles.

Middlebury’ssluggish start seemed
to favor Bowdoin in their bid for vic¬
tory. Coxswain Elaine Bowdish called

the start “rocky.” She continued, “we
got the set back and then we were in
control”

One thousand meters into the course,
Lowell and Bowdoin were battling for
first while Middlebury lagged behind
with Worcester State.

The Middlebury four, however, was
rowing well and keeping their boat seL
As they rowed passed the boathouse
and the crowds, they easily passed
Lowell and Worcester and pushed past
Bowdoin.

The Middlebury held their lead over
the other crews and won the firstrace of
the day. Worried about the medical
waste water contamination, the four
men did not partake in the tradition of
throwing their coxswain in the water
after their victory.

The four will meet these crews again
in two weeks attheNew EnglandCham-
pionships where they promise to pro¬
vide a challenge to the Middlebury
crew. The first place finish was the
only victory for the team on Saturday.

The women’s varsity eight could
not catch the Lowell rowers, falling
behind from the start

Periodically during the race, the
women would display their potential
and close the gap between the boats,
until the damage from the weather-
forced training sabbatical showed.

Despite this disadvantage, the
women remained competitive and fin¬
ished within fourteen seconds of the
Lowell crew.

The women's four held on to sec¬
ond place, effectively battling off
Bowdoin for the first half of the race.

Bowdoin jumped ahead far good at
the 1500 meter mark. Bowdoin was
able to carve a sharp turn to move into
second, and held on for the rest of the
race.

The outcome of die final vanity
race of die regatta, the men’s eights,
was particularly important. Intrasquad
rivalries have boiled to the surface, and
Saturday’s race was to the

Continued on pag* 16

f the extra point

Always
practice
safe sport

By NeaH Currie

Okay, this may seem kind of sissi-
fied, but this week I want to talk about
something very important in sports
that I don’t think enough people pay
attention to.

One must always wear any and all
safety equipment available when com¬
peting athletically.

Playing sports without the proper
safety equipment is like driving
through Upper ALotwithoutaseafbell
on, eating in Proctor without having
made up a will, or even playing bas^
ketball for UNLV without having an
attorney on retainer. It’s so stupid,
only a fool would take the risk.

Lord knows what could befall the
careless athlete. Chances are good that
afootball player will get hit in the head
really hard; if he’s not wearing a hel¬
met, he’ll probably get hurt. Espe¬
cially if the guy who hits him is wear¬
ing one.

But that’s obvious. Everyone
knows Out football players are sup¬
posed to wear helmets. What I’m more
concerned with are the sports where
people may not be aware whm equip¬
ment they should be using.

Taka, for example, basketball. One
of dre moat conscientious, hone?:, eiu
genial players in the NBA. BUI
Laimbeer, was die pioneer of die plas¬
tic face mask, officially known as the
Ultimate Sneeze Shield. Laonbeer'*
efforts re make dtedriald’snae more
common were stifled, however. Mid
he caved in to die p ea r p ressu re to go

To insure their safety, all basket¬
ball players should make a hsbit of
wearing Ktn* t nti m

You know, the ones Hud keep the
shoes tied. Can you see Michael Jor¬
dan about to leap firm d* due* point
line with the moon in his hand when all
of a sudden, he face-plants into the
paint? There’s one for your highlight
film, baby.

Another sport where
protection is abso lu te ly n ece ssar y is
golf. Yoa really have to wear those
plaid pants, flfohn Daly is standing on
the tee and can’t see you...weO. bye-
bye.

Safety equipment should t&wwy*,
ofwayr be used when playing tennis. A
simple headband can prevent a vail
array of injuries related to a condition
known as *T have lots of sweat in my
eyes.” These can get pretty ugly.

Croquet may seem likeatamegame
to the casual observer, but anyone who
is serious about hammering knows
that competetivecsoquetcan get rough.
Because of this, the best, most cau¬
tious player win wear steri-toed, rob¬
ber soled boots. The rubber soles help
die player keep control of their own
ball when sending another out The
steel toe is useful when rules disputes

It would be i m poss i b le to listaBfln
necessary and p rec au ti o n a r y safety
measures that must take. 1

So I must cut to the chase and warn the
reader of dw most dangerous sport
that the darinf sthhiri rut tankinis
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Continued on page 16

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Ultimate frisbee braves the snow against Dartmouth, Williams

By Joel Thompson

Braving the elements and the perils
of waking up early on Saturday morn¬
ing, Middlebury's men’s ultimate

ney, no small feat for a team which is
sorely lacking in wheels).

Meanwhile, die B-Team, consist¬
ing of several rookies and a couple of

and feet).

Ethan “Can Do” McKittrick ’94
explained die Pranksters’ loss after¬
wards, with the aidof graphs, pie charts.

said. “But ultimately, two things stand
out: the NHL strike and the new addi¬
tion of lime flavor to Froot Loops threw
die cosmic balance into disarray. Let’s

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from Dartmouth and Williams. Unfor- Joel “Giraffe Boy” Thompson ’94pro-
tunately, they also found two inches of vided steady encouragement, but in¬
snow on the ground. consistent play.

After weighing their options, such Somehow, in the midst of this con-
as trying to melt the snow by driving on fusion. Matt Roy '95 inspired the team
it a lot, or breathing on it, the team with a successful bomb to Eric Sparling
decided to go ahead with the games. ’95, a bright spot in what was otherwise
To keep everyone playing, the a tough learning experience for the
Pranksters created two squads to face young team,
the two other teams. “Hey, nobody said Game two saw the Middlebury
anything about budding before,” teams switching opponents. The B-
pleaded Jeff Clark ’92, but to no avail. Team improved tremendously as the
The snow made for fascinating players adjusted to the intensity of tour-
methods of running and cutting all day; n ament games; though they eventually
however, the Prankster A-Team was lost to Dartmouth, at one point they
not intimidated; “At least there’s no forced the shaken Moo Disc team to
wind,” observed Mike Benjamin *92. take a timeout.

“We can huck it to Jim all day.” And The A-Team could not duplicate
that they did; senior Jim Meyer man- the offensive firepower of their first
aged to reel in three straight bombs, all game; they fell to Williams, 13-8.
for points, providing the crucial differ- Despite Clark’s acrobatic one-

ence in the A-Team's 13-11 victory handed catches (his right thumb was
over Dartmouth (he also found a way to broken), the rest of the team lacked
bring at least half the team to the tour- coordination (and feeling in their hands

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By Erin O’Connell
The women's tennis team hosted
the Middlebury Invitational this week¬
end and went up against some of the
best the East coast has to offer.

The women were in the champion¬
ship hunt throughout the tournament,
placing a competitor in each of the
singles finals. Allison O’Hare turned
out to be die star of the day, coming up
with two championships.

O’Hare not only came up with the
FlightB Singles Championship but also
teamed up with ChanU] Den Breeder
'95 to take die Doubles Flight A title.

On her way to die finals in the Flight
A angles, which is made up of all
number one and two players, senior
captain Jess Kubek defeated the Fall
NESC AC Champ, Alyse NewhaU, 64,

6-2. After a strong tournament, Kubek
lost to Amherst in the final.

Also in Flight A Den Breeder lost
in the quarterfinals to the tournaments
eventual winner, 64,64.

Middlebury again found itself in
the finals in die Flight C division, with
TonjeKikn *93 coming up short against
Amherst

Jodi Hilty’93 and Kristen Ingenoll
'95 also made a championship appear¬
ance in the Flight C doubles before
bowing out to Amherst

In the team standings, the Panthers
finished second behind the Lady Jeffs
of Amherst

The women will conclude their suc¬
cessful season with home match Satur¬
day versus Hobart-Williams-Smith and
Trenton State.

Anthony Atkinson ’94 gives the track team some sprinting muscle.

Photo courtesy of Middlebury track team

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Union, Springfield wins boost women’s lax record to 8-1

By Amy Lily and Kim Griffith
Last week the Lady Panthers
boosted their record to 8-1 with wins
over Union and Springfield.

The Panthers pounced all over
Union right from the start and were up
15-3 at the half. The pace slowed down
substantially, however, in the second
with Middlebury only adding 1 more
goal to close out the game with 16. /
Although it was not a very exciting
match for the crowd, it was a good
opportunity for Middlebury to experi¬
ment with particular aspects of their
game.

The Springfield game however, was
not one to be taken so lightly. Thanks
to the early morning snow shoveling
efforts by Athletic Director Tom
Lawson, Head Coach Missy Hopkinson
and the crew from Buildings and
Grounds, the Lady Panthers were able
to host top-ranked Division D Spring-
field in Alumni Stadium.

Once again, the Panthers were
strong from the start and jumped out to
a quick 12-3 halftime lead.

A physical Springfield team
scrapped their way back into things in
the second half by outscoring the Pan¬
thers 6-2. But the Panthers were able to
hang on far a 14-9 victory.

The key to the victory was clearly
Middlebury's strong first half perfor¬
mance. They dominated the groundball
department and came away with pos¬
session on 14of 16 draw controls thanks
to the play of Sarah Martin ’95.

Nicole Kassissich ’95 led the Pan¬
ther scoring attack with six goals. She
was followed by Kimmy Griffith ’93
with three and Holly Kudiger ’94, who
had two goals and an assist. Kirsten
Morbeck ’94, Laurie Odden ’93, and
Meg Martin "94, each tallied one in the
big upset win.

The Panthers face a tough task when
they travel to Maine this weekend to
take on undefeated Bates and ECAC
rival Bowdoin. Wins over both are
necessary to ensure the Panthers a spot
in the ECAC playoffs and a chance to
defend their championship from a year
ago.

Lissa Gipson '94’s goalkeeping has been important to the team’

Photo by Karl Pelletier

Men’s tennis ends losing streak, defeats Bates

Crew

Continued from page IS
superior crew.

Coxswain Bowdish settled the con¬
tinuing debate between heavyweight
and lightweight rowers concerning su¬
perior intellects, explaining that “there
is no such thing as a smart rower; only
the coxswain is intelligent.”

The heavyweights, averaging 6’2”
and 185 pounds, planned to prove that
their larger size made them a faster
crew. The lightweights are a tight group
on land but have yet to bring their
cohesiveness to the water. Stroke of the
lightweight eight, Jamie Gorman,
claimed that “die crew is physically in
excellent shape, but we lack mental
synchronicity.”

UMass-Lowell humbled both
crews, winning the race by a decisive
length of one boat The strength and
size of the heavyweights failed to pull
them through to victory.

Despite their loss to Lowell, the
lightweight eight plans to prepare for
the New England Championships on
May 2. The ice has finally left Lake
Dunmore, and the rowers will be able
to gear up for the meet with actual on-
water training.

The program at Middlebury is still
immature. Although they have only
been competing in regattas for three
years, they’ve quickly earned reputa¬
tions as idiots and clowns. They have
flipped boats (a near impossibility),
broken borrowed shells, and lost races
by unreasonable margins. In the past
two seasons, however, the squad has
persuaded critics toward a new image:
a reputation of clowns who can row.

By John Hosbeln

The men's tennis team rediscov¬
ered the formula for victory last Thurs¬
day in Nelson Arena with a win over
Bales.

The team began to warm up on the
Proctor Courts, but an unseasonable
snow storm forced the Panthers in¬
doors. The squad has had a rough sea¬
son, recording only two victories: the
first match of the season against R.P.I.,
and the last match of the season against
Bates. The four matches in the middle
of these two victories took a bite out of
the Panther pride. Two home matches
were cancelled because of inclement
weather, much to the dismay of the
team, who never let defeat slow down
their will to play and win.

Bates came up against a strong Pan¬
ther showing. The doubles team of
John Hosbein ’92 and Steve Pozatek
95 struggled to regain the composure
dial was typical of their early season
play, but held on to win in three sets.

Chris Butler '94, substituting for
the ill Lance Klinglcr '95, teamed up
with Rich Patemili '93 in doubles. The
duo batded for three sets but finally
succumbed, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3. The first-
time double team of Dave Scqueira '94
and Dan Schatz '94 combined forces to

dismantle the Bates team, 6-2,6-4.

The Panthers continued their domi¬
nance in the singles. Hosbein came out
firing to take the first set 6-0; however,
his opponent baffled courageously in
die second to win it 9-7 in the tie
breaker. Hosbein came back to take the
third set 6-2.

Patemili cruised through his match,
showing almost no sign of effort as he
def eated his opponent with his offen¬
sive volleys and the patented Palemiti
passing shot

Schatz alsh ruled his court, record¬
ing a score of 6-2,6-3. Doug Tsao ’95
downed his opponent 6-2,6-4. Adam
Gilden *94 won the first 7-6, and then
got mad and won the second 6-3. Nate
Simms, a graduating senior, moved out
quickly in both sets, going up 5-0 in
each before deciding to close them out
with faultless play and ball-scotching
winners.

The season finale NESCAC tour¬
nament is this weekend at Williams.
With a shaky season to look back on,
the squad vo ws to play the smart tennis
they are capable of this weekend. The
Panthers have a glint in their eye and
hunger in their stomachs and are look¬
ing forward to a weekend of tough
tennis.

Steve Pozatek ’95.

Photo by Abdul Ki

GO TOURNAMENT

•RfflRAI U WHWil:

Sunday, April26,1992

9AM — Registration

9:30 AM - 4:30 PM — four round tournament

the extra point

Continued from page 15

•Always bring along ropes, web¬
bing, grappeling hooks, and parachutes.*
You never know when the sap you’re
playing with will hit the ball on the
roof. And walchout for the dust-bun¬
nies up there. They’re carnivorous.

•In winter, smother your body in
vaseline. This will help keep you warm

in the cryogenic chamber call Fletcher.
It also helps reduce friction and soften
impact when colliding with the walls
and the floor.

•Finally, and most importantly,
WEAR YOUR GOGGLES. There is
currently some half-wit wandering
around with major facial damage be¬
cause he did not obey this simple rule.
As squash gum Tom Lamotte *94 has
been known to say, “When you wear
your goggles, that’s AWESOME!” So,
strap them on. and always practice safe

American Go Association Affiliated!

1st AGA-affiliated tournament in Vermont

ever.

Peter Schumer — President; math
professor

John Elder — Englsih professor

students: Shawn Henry, Ding Chun, Jackie
Schneider, Matt Hunter.

Thursday, April 23,1992

17

SCIENCE

Science News

by Tracy Middleton

Smoke? Better Trade Your Pekingnese In for an Afghan

A new epidemiology study led by John S. Reif of Colorado State University
has found that dogs with long noses may have a built in protection « g«in«r hm g
cancer caused by inhaling second-hand tobacco smoke.

Reif originally initiated the study to see if second-hand smoke was as
dangerous for dogs who may have an owner who smokes as it is for a nonsmoking
person living with a smoker.

Reif and his research team looked at oncology records from two veterinary
hospitals consisting of five dogs with lung cancer and 83 dogs with other types of
cancers. They then sent out a questionnaire to each owner of the 88 dogs regarding
their dog’s possible exposure to tobacco smoke.

The result was a statistical link between exposure to passive smoke ami hmg
cancer in dogs with short to medium size noses. However, dogs with long noses
showed no excess risk to cancer when they lived with owners who smoked.

It is believed that long noses filter noxious substances from smoky air; and that
the cancer causing particles remain in the nose, never reaching the lungs.
However, this may increase the dog’s chance of getting nasal cancer. So keep
your Pekingnese - if you have one - and just stop smoking.

Bulimia Linked to a Hormone

Vasopressin, a brain hormone often associated with learning disabilities and
stress, may be a contributor to the development of bulimia nervosa.

Bulimia is an eating disorder - whose victims are about 98 percent female - in
which a person will binge on large amounts of food, followed by self-induced
vomiting or excessive laxative use in order to purge her or himself of die food.

Psychiatrist Mark A. Demi track of the University of Michigan Medical Center
in Ann Arbor and his colleagues examined the cerebrospinal fluid of 24 bulimic
women and 11 healthy women. Their report showed that the average vasopressin
levels in the brain fluid of the bulimic women substantially exceeded those of the
fluid in the women not afflicted with the eating disorder.

Vasopressin has also been linked to anorexia nervosa in women and prolonged
memory for learned associations in animals.

Sheep Chimera Makes Human Blood Cells

An experiment led by Edward F. Srour of Indiana University has resulted in
a one-year old lamb, ‘Tinkerbell,” who was bom with millions of himun blood
cells after receiving a transplant of human bone marrow while still in the womb.

This discovery could potentially cure genetic blood diseases such as sickle¬
cell anemia and leukemia in human fetuses.

Srour and his colleagues began die project while developing strategies far
transplanting bone marrow from unmatched donors. In many cases, doctors
cannot find a bone marrow donor with the same tissue type as die [mi«it And
as a possible solution, the research team thought of transplanting “stem cells,”
which would give rise to off types of red and white blood cells, into diseased
fetuses before they developed a functioning immune system.

To test this hypothesis, they performed the transplant between an wtnit
donor and a group of fetal sheep still in the womb.

The results: three out of the seven fetal sheep took up human stem cells; two
of the three fetuses' marrow contained 4 percent human cells (these two sheep
were killed before birth to study).

The marrow of the third lamb (our friend Tinkerbell), which was bom in late
1990, consisted of more than 6 percent human blood cells. At age three months,
this chimeric lamb also contained mature human blood cells.

No w, the plan is to adapt this strategy to treat human fetuses with genetic blood
disorders that can be diagnosed during die first trimester of pregnancy, before
their immune system begins working.

Broccoli Battles Cancer

New evidence indicates that broccoli contains a powerful weapon against
cancer-causing substances.

Researchers at the John Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore have
identified a chemical in broccoli, called sulforaphane. that stimulates animal and
human cells to produce cancer-fighting enzymes. According to Paul Talalay, a
molecular pharmacologist, “sulforaphane is possibly die most potent protective
•gent yet discovered.”

Vegetables contain chemicals that cause human cells to msnufacture many
different enzymes. However, not all of these enzymes are beneficial. One group,
called phase I enzymes, coverts innocuous substances that enter die body into
oxidants, reactive molecules that can damage a cell’s DNA and increase dw risk
of cancer.

In order to counteract this threat, cells can also make phase II enzymes, which
disarm oxidants before they cause any genetic damage.

Although some scientists argue that phase I enzymes may prevent certain
cancers better than phase II enzymes, most agree that the vegetables that stimulate
the production of phase II enzymes would protect against a wider variety of
carcinogens.

Scientists have yet to show that sulforaphane directly blocks tumor formation
in either laboratory animals or humans - and proving that may take some time. In
the meantime, however, the new findings provide a scientific basis far modifying
the diet to include more vegetables like broccoli.

Type A Personalities: Nurture or Nature?

According to a new study, mothers with certain Type A characteristics am
more likely give birth to children with intense behavioral styles.

Previous studies have shown that Type A parents tend to have teenagers who

(Continued on page IB)

Potential health risks of

artificial sweeteners assessed

By Alvin Ung

According to The New Medicine
Show, a 383 milligram can of Coke
etpials 160 calories, which equals ten
teaspoonfuls of sugar.

For the 160 calories, you could eat
4300 milKliten of zucchini, that is, if
you want to. To bum off the 160 calo¬
ries, you would have lo shoe-shine for
almost an hour (at 183 calories per
hour), type at your computer far more
than an hour (at 110 calories per hour),
or, since ba s eb a ll season is upon us,
you could throw fastbaUs continuously
for ahnosthalfsn hour (at360calories
an hour).

Surprisingly, Nutrasweet, or aspar¬
tame, gram by gram, has just as many
calories as sugar.

However, since it is roughly 200
times sweeter than sugar, it contributes
only 1/200 as many calories to, ones
diet

Hie FDA approved aspartame for
certain uses in 1981 and for use in soft
drinks in 1983. Wonderful: diet sugar.
Now for the nasty question: Is there a
safe sweetener?

hi the 1960s, cyclamate (Sucaryl),
which is 30 times sweeter than sugar
but calorie-free, was the dominant arti¬
ficial sweetener in this country.

Canada and in forty other countries.

In 1984, the FDA’s Cancer Assess¬
ment Committee reviewed more than
two dozen studies on laboratory ani¬
mals, and concluded that there was no
firm data to prove the carcinogenic
effects of cydsmate. The FDA's report
said that, “there is very little credible
data to implicate cyclamale as a car¬
cinogen at any organ tissue site.”

Still, cyclamale breaks down into
cyclohexylamine (CHA), which can
cause high blood pressure and shrink¬
age of the testicles in rats. Since the
former result is undesirable for both
sexes, and the latter mortifying for
males, the industry turned to another

To bum off the 160 calories, you would have to
shoe-shine for almost an hour (at 185 calories
per hour), type at your computer for more than
an hour (at 110 calories per hour), or could
throw fastbaUs continuously for half an hour (at
360 caloiies an hour).

However, if you are one who veg- Then, in 1969, it was banned by the

dates or whose physical activities are U.S. Food and Drug Administration
limited to writing articles like this, you (FDA) for use as a food additive be-
may have to resort to diet soda or that cause tests with laboratory animals
Nutrasweet-ened brown and yellow found that cyclamate could possibly be
juice whirring away in a percolator in carcinogenic. But by then it had be-
theSDUs. come a popular sugar substitute in

Physics lecture series

tackles origin of universe

byMnrcSatpaa

It is p robab l y safe to assert that
nothing is more fundamental than the
quest to explain the origin of die uni¬
verse. x

On Monday, Cris Butler, Labora¬
tory Supervisor for the departments of
physics and geology at Middlebury
College, tackled this perennial ques¬
tion in a talk entitled “How Little is the
Big Bang?”

Butler began by urging that the Big
Bang does indeed deserve to be labeled
as “Big." He said, “the Big Bang was
really, really big. If I get this across this
point to people I guess I did my case¬
work."

and r elea se a, “a pretty big bang in the
neighbourhood of 10" Joules.”

Super Novae are therefore about
thirty times more energetic than the
most powerful explosion created by
humans. Still, Butler pointed out that,
"the Big Bang is an even bigger bang.”

Scientific explanations of the cre¬
ation of the universe were few until the
beginning of the twentieth oentury. Un¬
til the rise of modem science, in par¬
ticular post-Newtonian physics, an¬
swering questions about the origin of
the universe was beyond the reach of
scimiistt. Rather, it belonged to the
domain of theologians and philoso¬
phers.

Galaxy Clust er bOonsof years after the Btg Bang? Scientific American

Butler proceeded lo give his listen¬
ers a sense of how big the Big Bang
actualty was. Listing the stregnlhof dif¬
ferent expfasions,Buder noted that the,
“hydrogen bomb is going to be in the
neigborhood of 10" Joules (units of
energy)."

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Super Novae, the violent ejection of
fee outer envelope of a star of about
eight solm meases, are some of die
most energetic explosions observed.

Only recently have scientific theo¬
ries about the origin of the universe
been advanced. The most prominent is
the Big Bang theory, the focus of
Butler’s talk.

The Big Bang theory is the product
of the synthesis of two of die most
remarkable discoveries of the twenti¬
eth century science: general relativity
and quantum physics.

In general, the farmer describes the
(Continued on page IB)

sweetener, saccharine.

Saccharine is bitter-sweet. Sweet,
because it is some 300 times sweeter
than sugar, and calorie-free. Propo¬
nents of saccharin, including
saccharin’s only U.S. manufacturer,
the Sherwin-Williams Company, note
that people have been using saccharin
for most of the twentieth century with
no dear indication of ill effects, such as
an increased incidence of bladder can¬
cer in users.

Saccharine is termed bitter because
it not only literally leaves an unpleas¬
ant aftertaste, but because it has also
caused (yet again) cancer in the repro¬
ductive system and bloodforming sys¬
tems of the lungs in laboratory rats.

Japanese researchers have also con¬
cluded that saccharin promotes the ac¬
tion of a known carcinogen on die
urinary bladder in rats. Thus, it might
not only be a cancer promoter but a co¬
carcinogen as well.

What about the Nutrasweet that
swirls in transparent tubs in the SDUs
and is offered in those pink paper pack¬
ets in the Chateau?

(Continued on page 18)

Lectures in the
Science at Middlebury

• ’The Aging ftocaes fa Superno¬
vas: Youth, Middle Age, and Senility”

Frank Winkler
Department of Physics
April 27. Monday, 12:15 pjn., Sci¬
ence Center 420

• “Optimal Slopping Timm far
Maikov Chains”

Senior Thesis Presentation
David Bony

Deportment of Mathematics and
Computer Science

April 28, Tuesda y , 3:15 p.nu
Warner Science 202

• “Euclid in Manhattan”

Senior Theris Presentation
Wendy Cross

Depa rtm ent of Mathematics rad
Computer Scienos

April 28, Tuesday, 4:13 pjiu,
Warner Science 202

• “Facts, (lies, and drilling bits:
die science of politics of landfills”

Steve Maier, District Manager.
Paul Vachar, Landfill Siting
Coordinator, Addison County Waste
Management District

May 1, Friday, 12:15 pjn^

Science Center 420

• The Joys of Oc ea nography"

Tam Manley

Department of Oeology
May 8, Friday, 1230 pjn..

Science Center 420

IS

The MkkUebnry Campos

Thursday, April 23, lfS2

(Continued from page 17)

are competitive and hard-driving, a pattern that persist! into adulthood and may
increase the risk of heart disease.

Many psychologists have said that teens learn their Type A tendencies from
Mom and Dad, but the new study suggests that certain aspects of the Type A drive
may surface at birth - long before parenting methods can take effect

David E. Barrett of Clem son (S.C.) University and pediatrician Steven J.
Parker of Boston City Hospital studied 72 healthy, middle-class women, who
were pregnant with their first child. Four weeks prior to delivery, the women
participated in the Jenkins Activity Survey (JASX which identifies Tape A traits
such as impatience and competitiveness. Nearly all of the women worked at jobs
outside the home.

Parker and Barrett found that 53 percent of the volunteers fit the Type A
category. According to Parker, these Type A women tended to get highly
involved in tasks both at home and at the office. For instance, the women said that
they frequently finished other people’s sentences in order to speed up the
conversation and described themselves as people who enjoy competition on the
job or in otheT activities.

The hard-driving women tended to deliver babies who responded vigorously
to their environment. All babies bom to the women in the study were given a
standardized behavioral test within 48 hours of birth.

Newborns of Type A moms cried substantially more during the test. On the
other hand, these babies did not appear crankier than infants bom to the more laid-
back, Type B mothers.

Parker did stress, however, that the term "Type A" was originally used to
describe the temperament of certain middle-aged men. It is uncertain whether
Type A traits adequately describe the behavior of women.

Sweeteners

(Continued from page 17)

The aspartame contained within
those pink wrappers is a chemical com¬
bination of two amino acids, aspartic
acid and phynylalanine. Both sub¬
stances are building blocks of ordinary
proteins and are essential nutrients.

Toxicity tests have shown a short¬
term “no effect level” of 5000 milli¬
grams per kilogram of body weight.
That is, when test animals are given a
single dose of up to 5000 milligrams of
aspartame for every kilogram they
weigh, they show no signs of ill effects.

The FDA has multiplied this figure
by 100 as a safety factor and obtained
a "maximum allowable daily intake”
of 50 milligrams of aspartame per kilo¬
gram of body weight 1 .’

Basically, if you would like to test
out the FDA's “maximum allowable
daily jntake”of 50 milligrams of aspar¬
tame tin your own body, and you weigh
150 pounds, then drink 17 Nutrasweet-

children or fetuses.

As for methyl alcohol, according to
The New Medicine Show, “the aspar¬
tame in one can of diet soda, for ex¬
ample, provides only abouthalf as much
methyl alcohol as eight ounces of to¬
mato juice.”

In 1984, the FDA began monitor¬
ing, analyzing and evaluating com¬
plaints from consumers worried about
possible side-effects of aspartame, for
example stomach upset, hives, head¬
aches, menstrual problems, insomnia,
and uncontrollable behavior.

At the end of the year the FDA said
that there was no specific pattern to the
reported symptoms. Furthermore, those
symptoms were generally mild, com¬
mon even among people who did not
use aspartame.

In 1985, aspartame received an im¬
age-boost: The Council on Scientific
Affairs of the American Medical Asso¬
ciation stated that “available evidence
suggests consumption of aspartame by
normal humans is safe and is not asso-

Surprisingly, Nutrasweet, or aspartame ,
gram by gram , has just as many calories as
sugar.

ened sodas a day.

According to the FDA, you will
only run into problems if you happen to
be the one in 15,000 people who suffer
from a metabolic disorder called
phenylketonuria (PKU).

People with PKU lack an enzyme
needed to process phenylalanine, acom-
ponent of the amino acids that makes
up aspartame. This amino acid can then
build up to toxic levels in their bodies,
resulting in possible mental retarda¬
tion.

The other concern about aspartame
is that when it breaks down, before or
after consumption, it releases
diketopiperazine (DKP) and methyl
alcohol.

The latter is simple wood alcohol -
the stuff in bootleg liquor that causes
blindness and brain damage.

Regarding DKP, the FDA con¬
cluded that even at abnormally high
doses of intake, it is not toxic to adults,

dated with serious advene health ef¬
fects. Individuals who need to control
their phenylalanine intake should
handle aspartame like any other source
of phenylalanine.”

For moat of us, moderation is die
key ward.

The Consumers Union recommend
that, “with the exception of diabetica,
few people really need artificial sweet¬
eners.” Safety-wise, aspartame hat die
best track record, and seems lo be ac¬
ceptable enough for most people when
used in moderation.

Still, on apersonal note, Nutrasweet
leaves a not-too-appealing chestnut-
almond aftertaste. It might just be bet¬
ter to indulge in those two or throe
packets of cane sugar for the morning
coffee and then make sure, for the rest
of the day, you pilch a baseball or shine
shoes.

Sources: The New Medicine Shaw.
Consumer Reports Books.

Kings Row

East Middlebury, VT 388 6384

Universe <

(Continued from page 17)

' r*"

behavior of the very big, say solar
systems or even galaxies, whereas the
latter deals with the minuscule, the
building blocks of matter.

Cosmologists, those eccentrics pre¬
occupied with the large scale structure
and evolution of the universe, have
combined both general relativity and
quantum physics and arrived at a fairly
standard model: the Big Bang theory.

It holds that the universe started
with an initial singularity; that is, all of
matter and time was condensed in a
single point Subsequently, the uni¬
verse underwent a phase of continuous
expansion.

Butler commented that it was an,
“extremely rapid, exponential type of
inflation.”

The first moment of time lasted no
longer than about Iff 43 seconds. Dur¬
ing this instant the matter density of
the infant universe reached values of
approximately 10” tons per cubic kilo¬
meter. Ordinary lead, in contrast has a
typical density of 10" tons.

As it “inflated” it grew in size and
lost in temperature and density. Gradu¬
ally, the universe expanded into its
current size and shape.

“This inflation has got us into the
right ballpark as far as size is con¬
cerned," said Butler.

A remnant of the initially extremely
high temperatures in the form of ex-

r

traordinarily smooth microwave back¬
ground radiation can still be detected
today.

The Big Bang model of creation
also includes an explanation for the
relative abundance of elements.

The theory, however, is flawed in
several regards.

Referring to the problem of galaxy
formation, Butler said, “when we look
around us we see matter; our local
region is only matter.”That is, matter is
not uniformly distributed throughout
the universe as predicted by the Big
Bang theory.

“There is a lot of structure out there
and the Big Bang [model] is not giving

us that” Matter is lumped together,
thus forming galaxies and solar sys¬
tems such as the one we inhabit.

In order to adjust to the inadequa¬
cies of the Big Bang theory, scientists
have devised another model; plasma
cosmology.

Butler pointed out, “that [plasma
cosmological models] are not the same

as Big Bang physics.” Unlike the Big
Bang model that starts out at asingular-
ity about ten to fifteen billion years ago
and works its way to the present, plasma
physical models look at the present and
seek to extrapolate the past

Plasmacan be found in a good many
ordinary household applications. Most
fluorescent lighting devices, for in¬
stance, consist of a tube filled by low-
energy plasma.

Butler commented, “plasma phys¬
ics is really happening if we look for
it.”

In contrast to the Big Bang infla¬
tionary model, plasma physics sug¬
gests that “spiral galaxies might have

been formed by electromagnetic inter¬
action rather than gravity.”

Despite this success in explaining
galaxy formation, plasma cosmology
also has its problems. It does not ex¬
plain the origin of the universe.

Butler concluded, “our beginning is
in the middle of something bigger.”

\

The first moment of time lasted no longer than
about 10r* 3 seconds. During this instant, the
matter density of the infant universe reached
values of approximately 10 75 tons per cubic
kilometer. Ordinary lead, in contrast, has a
typical density of 10 11 tons.

Middlebury College

Recycyling Program Info

Our program cannot r ecycle:

• colored paper (white paper only)
• labels (must be removed)

^ • envelopes - never ever

Please, remove caps from bottles and jugs.

We can recycle:

• glass bottles (clear, green glass)

• HDPE # 2 plastic (look for mark on container)

• tin and aluminum food containers

• white paper

• newspaper

• magazines

V -I_L_/

Thursday, April 23,1992

The Mkkfleburj Campus

19

OPINIONS

Peace dividend must be used to help students’ education

Some of you may hav e heard
about the “peace dividend,” the
tens of billions of dollars which,
now that the Cold War is over,
were going to flow into educa¬
tion, health care, environmental
protection, nutritioifprograms,
housing, and other areas of des¬
perate concern.

Tragically, as a result of
President Bush’s desire to main¬
tain a much higher than neces¬
sary military budget, and collu¬
sion between many Republicans
and some conservative Demo¬
crats, there will be virtually no
peace dividend.

The President and a majority
of the membersof Congress have
determined that spending over a
hundred billion dollars a year to
defend Western Europe and Ja¬
pan against a non-existent en¬
emy is more important than feed¬
ing our five million hungry chil-
dren; that funding Star Wars and
other unnecessary weapons sys¬
tems is more important than
building housing for the home¬
less, or providing funding for
die 85 million Americans who
lack adequate health insurance.

What does the struggle over
the “peace dividend” mean for
college students in Vermont and
throughout the nation? On
March 26, the House of Repre¬
sentatives passed the Higher
Education Re-authorizationBill,
HR3553, which gready expands
programs for low and middle
income students. While this bill
is far from perfect it could go a
long way toward making sure
that every American would have
the opportunity for a higher edu¬

cation regardless of die wealth
of his or her family.

The bill greatly increases the
number of Pell grants available
to middle class students, and
also expands the access of fed¬
eral loan programs to students
from middle class families. All
parents, regardless of income,
would be able to borrow any
amount up to the total cost of
college under the PLUS pro¬
gram, and the interest cap for
PLUS loans would be reduced
from 12% to 10%.

Many more families would
be eligible for Stafford Loans
and the annual family income
eligibility standard would be
raised to $78,500.

At the present time 95% of
Pell Grants are awarded to stu¬
dents whose family income is
under $30,000, and 70% of the
recipients come from families
whose yearly income is under
$15,000. •

Expansion of this program is
therefore of vital importance to
students who traditionally have
not been able to afford higher
education. The new legislation
more than doubles the maxi¬
mum award to low income stu¬
dents under a Pell Grant, from
$2100 to $4500.

It is my strong belief that the
federal government should help
finance the education of those
who are willing to perform pub¬
lic services after graduation from
college, and so I am especially
pleased that the new legislation
contains amendments to the
Perkins Loan Program which
forgive repayment for Perkins

Exercise your right
to vote this year

The next President of the
United States will gain the vote
of approximately 25.5% of the
eligible voters in this country.
This is assuming that the recent
trend of approximately half of
the country's voters actually
turning out continues, ml fig¬
uring that die victor will gain
approximately 51% of what the
pundits euphemistically refer to
as the popular vote.

As Americans it is the duty
of each and every member of
die Middlebury College com¬
munity to register and, more
importantly to actually vote.
This is more than a privilege, it
is an imperative, die legacy of
those “inalienable rights” which
we all hold so dear, but so easily
take for granted.

College students are an un¬
tapped electoral resource whose
voice does not match its size. In
die 1988 Presidential contest,
approximately 20% of all col¬
lege students voted (inciden¬
tally, of those who did vote,
80% voted Democrat). Were
this figure to grow, the resulting
groupofnew voters would cause
a decisive shift in the election
that would change the way poli¬
ticians look at students. As a
group, we College students hold
in our hands the power to hand
the election to whichever candi¬
date we choose.

I know many people argue
that there is not one worth vot-
aig for: Bill Clinton ia a little loo

slick for Ms own good, and
George Bush is, well, George

Loans to students who teach in
public schools where one third
of the students are under die
poverty line, to teachers of young
children with disabilities, to
nurses and medical technicians,
and to social workers who serve
families with high-risk children.

I was proud to support this
legislation, which authorized the
federal government to offer
more assistance to students.
Without access to higher educa¬
tion, young Americans cannot
seize the opportunities that life
can and should offer them.
Without an educated work force,
this nation would not be able to
compete in the global market

place of the twenty-first cen¬
tury.

Will this progressive and
important piece of. legislation
go into effect? Probably not
As a result of President Bush’s
threatened veto, and the weak¬
ness of Congress, the choice has
been made that guns are more
important than education, that
nuclear weapons are more im¬
portant than Pell Grants.

Tragically, millions of stu¬
dents who want a college edu¬
cation willnotbe able to receive
one.

While both houses of Con¬
gress have passed this impor¬
tant legislation, the defeat of the

“peace dividend" means that
there will not be adequate funds
available to pay for it As a
result it is likely that the in¬
creases in Pell Grants and stu¬
dent loans that this bill offered
will be cut back or eliminated
entirely during the appropria¬
tions debates of the next few
months. It is even possible that
there will be a reduction in fed¬
eral aid to student assistance
programs.

Where do we go from here?
Clearly, while we continue to¬
day to fight as hard as we can for
full funding for student assis¬
tance programs, we must also
look at the broader political pic¬

ture, and the need for a new set
of national priorities. We must
elect a President and a Congress
who understand that the war to
be fought now is not the Cold
War, but the war at home agamst
homelessness, despair, and the
decline in our standard of liv¬
ing.

Ihope that students will stand
up for their rights and join me in
fighting for full funding for edu¬
cation. I hope also that they will
become politically active in the
struggle for a new America, one
which provides justice and eco¬
nomic opportunity for all.

U.S. Representative
Bernard Sanders

Bush. But that is no excuse for
apathy. A lack of satisfying
political leadership should be a
greater impetus to involve one¬
self in die functioning of our
government, for as Chester
Bowles observed, “Government
is too big and important to be
left to the politicians.” For those
of you who would object that
the two party system is itself the
problem, I remind you that we
live in a state with a Socialist
Congressman. Furthermore, we
mustnot forget that many people
are giving the possible candi¬
dacy of H. Ross Perot serious
thought.

Even if one does not like die
slate of candidates, one should
vote anyway. It is irresponsible
to let our system of government
die due to atrophy; even if there
is something inherently wrong
with the system, as some cynics
would have us believe. George
McGovern put it best when he
said that “Having discovered an
illness, it’s not terribly useful to
prescribe death as acute.”

There are many on this cam¬
pus who would claim that this
school is politically apathetic,
and they would no doubt give
themselves as examples of
people who are bored by poli¬
tics (of course, they are prob¬
ably not reading this editorial).
This is a myth. It is true that the
words politics. Democrat, Re¬
publican, elc.cause eyes to glaze

words.

The average Middlebiry stu¬
dent definitely has specific
views on such issues as die en¬
vironment and abortion to name
a few. When someone states
their views on these issues, or
any others, they have suddenly
caused a strange transformation
in themselves; they have done
something political! Anyone
who says that politics does not
interest them is either playing a
wonderful semantic trick on
themselves or simply has no
opinions.

In the coming weeks, the
Middfebtoy College Democrats
will be conducting voter regis¬
tration on various sites an the
Campus. It is your obligation to
your country, and more impor-
landy to yourself, to register to
vote and exercise that right on
November 3, whether it is for
Democrat, Repu bl ica n , or hide-

Unity will conquer the night

After “Take Back The
Night,” I relumed to my dorm
and attempted to describe the
intensity of the event to a friend,
but it was a struggle. I have
heard others describe it as mov¬
ing or amazing, and certainly
what was shared was just that,
but anyone who was there last
Thursday night knows that there
is not really a word to accurately
explain what was felt in that
room.

there. I am frustrated that any¬
one would believe anything dif-
ferendy. What is more, the men
at “Take Back The Night” were
not passive. They talked and
shared their experiences in ad¬
dition to providing support for
the other people who attended.

The whole episode reminded
me of another support group for
eating disorders related issues
not too long ago. There were
many women at this group, but

The night had been indescribable and
empowering and now I was hit with
somebody questioning whether or not
any men had attended this “chick event”
— as he put iL

If I may end by par a phr asi ng
Robert Kennedy; *1!ach time a
person voles, he sends forth a
tiny ripple, and crossing each
other bom a million different
centers of energy tfaoee ripples
build a current diat can sweep
down the mightiest political

fcl5*s.butdMtis
refuse to get part

these catch

In my futile attempt to try to
relate the power of what had
gone on; I was asked, by amale,
“Were there any men there?” I
am sure that my anger with such
a question was obvious. The
■i gfetiwU rrMiMrtserii M 11 *-* 1
empowering end now I was hit
with somebody questioning
w h et h e r or not any men had
■nisi i Idris “chick event"—as
he put k.

What Undof question is that
anyway? Yes, toe

only one male. Sure, he may
have felt a little out of place, but
he was there, learning about a
women’s issue, and I know that
slot of us really appreciated that
a male had taken the time and
rgy to educate himself about
that has affected so

ing events such ss Take Back
The Night." If it is intimidating
to be in an all female group (as
I have heard before), bring a
few friends. The women who
are at gatherings such as these
appreciate and r espect thoee men
who are involving themselves
much more than most people
realize. What is frustrating is
that there are so few
volved.

However, it almost
warped to me that men involved
in women’s issues are to readily
appreciated. They are simply
doing what they ought to do.
The world is fifty-four p erc e nt
women. This means that roughly
one half of the interactions in a
man’s life will be with women
I would think that it would be in
any man's best interest to some¬
what educate himself about

such events as Take Back The

Night.”

If you are e male, it is one
thing to say that you s u pport
women’s issues, but it is m-
oiwr thing to actually adueals
and involvs yourself by rttand-

in issues that relate to i
whether it is gender, race, class,
or sexuality, it i
begin to bridge fee \
created by a lack of s
mg. But, I imagine, if you at-
dm is not snmstoig
I to hear. You al¬
ready know.

iJLFhher *9g

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The Last Word

By Warner McGowin

My friend Duncan and I were
driving in his truck one day,
maneuvering through trees and
sharp curves, when it hit us, the
problem with modem society is
high-tech communication.
Duncan and I have known each
other for years, and we always
find ourselves hashing out the
greater problems facing the
world, but this time was special.
This time, I thought we had re¬
ally stumbled across something
outstanding.

Of course, I should have re¬
alized this problem of modem
society much earlier, at least by
the end of last summer. I was a
mere busboy in a fancy restau¬
rant in Birmingham called
Bottega. The restaurant has ex¬
cellent food, to be sure, but the
most annoying thing about it is
the Yuppified, see-and-be-seen
aura that pouts from every crev¬
ice of the place. It’s the kind of
place where you can sip on
cappucino and make jokes about
absent-minded accountants and
be viewed as one of the wittiest
chaps on the block.

Anyway, almost every night
that I worked there, people came
in, sat down, and placed their
cellular phones in front of them
as though they were idols of
some sort I once watched a
man eat an entire meal while
talking on his cellular phone,
the whole time ignoring his wife
sitting across from him. She
just stared at the wall behind his
balding head.

This kind of high-tech com¬
munication is becoming more
common every day, and each
day we become more dependent
on these technical devices to
express ourselves. In this
month’s edition of Harper's, I
read that fifty-four percent of
cellular phone users say their
phones have improved their
marriages. Office* everywhere
are now equipped with fax ma¬
chines, and many scratch their
heads in amazement that they
ever survived without one.
Teleprompters, computer net¬
works, notes from other people’s
lawyers, all of these things aim
at increasing communication,
but not one of them offers tan-
ible, direct communication.

So what does all of this
mean? Why is it important that
we have direct communication?
First, direct communication in¬
volving a handshake and sitting
do wrist a table togetherreminds
us that we are human. When I
meet with a possible employer
in her office and sit with her,
look at a paper with her, and
shake her hand before leaving, I
have a visual and sensory image
of who it is I am dealing with.
Of course, it would be a lot
easier to leave a message an her
answering machine, type out a
note to her on my computer,
even fax her something from
home over the summer, but I
would never know who she was.
I would only have a collection
of images, a recorded voice,
perhaps a handwritten note.

These days, people seem to
value their privacy so much that
they will devise all sorts of ways
to get a message through with¬
out everfacing a person directly.
They either have other people
do it for them (i.e., lawyers), or
they let the wonderful world of
machines take charge. Sure,
America is a busy place filled
with lots of people with lots of
things to take care of, but how
far will we let this technological
communication go? How many
phonemail systems and
teleprompter meetings will it
take before we realize the steril¬
ity of it all?

As we drove down the road,
ruminating over die points of
our discovery, asleek new BMW
started to pass us. Inside the car,
a fat man with grey hair and a
gold nugget the size of a golf
ball on his ring finger yapped
incessantly into die speaker of
his car phone, speaking only to
die piece of Mack metal on the
dashboard. As the car moved
past us and filed back into our
lane, we saw the bumper sticker
on die back. It said: “Hook if
You’re Single.” We pressed
down on the horn, both of us
mashing our fists sgainst die
vinyL The noise rang out like a
siren warning of impending dan¬
ger. The man looked into his
rear view mirror, gave us the
bird, and sped away in a cloud
of dust.

Abortion is tantamount to murder

t two living ceils i

that its

Sofaran)

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must be cells” that at same later point
Tloaepii ranea back to life. The zygote
ion accu- has to paw. bat is no less hu-
fthe-jpo- ■■dim you or L
■ling fee The need for further dcvel-

at "pro- opment does not mean that life
e real is- bm not yet been attained. The

die scientific bets,
choice movement ha

. However, it is

■gat to grow and develop mil age
pro- 23. Tf a fertilized egg is not by
up a itself afullhuman being, it could
s to never become a [human}, be-
sdh esnse a omet hin g would have to
is a be added to it, and we know that
neat docs not happen "(Dr. Jerome

Growth and differentiation transform
the zygote, a single living cell, into a
multicellular human being, life is a
continuum. It is illogical to assert that
two living cells unite and produce a
non-living “mass of cells” that at some
later point comes back to life.

of iwnyfi™

Human deve l opme n t is a

when an ovum from a female is
fertilized by spam from aanale.
Growth and differentiation
transform the zygote, a single

human being. Life is a coa-
tmunm h is illogical to amert

Lejetne, testimony, U.S. Con¬
gress, The Human Life Bill) A
mother and child are two dis¬
bud and separate bodies. If this
were not true, how could a
mother md child have two dif
focal Mood types ar sets of fin¬
gerprints?

Women’s equality should
not hinge an “controlling our

boning (8 weeks)? When it re¬
sponds to touch (weeks 11 and
12)? If a fetus were a mere
“mast of cells” without life, it
would not feel pain.

But it does, as documented
in the British Medical Journal
(26 January 1980p.233.) When
are we going to decide that this
“mass of cells” has become a
life? When it is totally indepen¬
dent? When it becomes a pro¬
ductive, contributing member of
society? When we start making
criteria for when human life has
enough value to live, we are
practicing selective genocide.

The pro-choice movement is
setting the stage for a govern¬
ment regulated survival of the
fittest which denies life to any¬
one who does not “measure up.”
If we distinguish fundamental
human rights between a life that
has been born and a life that has
not been bom, we set a prece¬
dent for distinguishing between
people who are not mentally
handicapped and those who are,
rich and poor, landed and home¬
less (are not the homeless and
those who receive welfare a
burden on our economic sys-
tem?)etc. Why not just let those
who cannot function to full ca¬
pacity alone be killed? This is
exactly what abortion doe* to
fetal livea. Once we begin to
devalue human life, where does
it end?

Sarah L. Richardson ’95

THAT SITE . wrtrt ONfe SYt

op-mines _, xi~j»oni7>j-nfcH-r exrr-uaw-r!

reproductive lives.” It is an in¬
sult to say that we must change
our biology in order to fit into
society (especially at the ex¬
pense of another human’s life).
These animdes contradict the
rightful feminist affirmation of
pre gnan cy as a natural bodily
function that deserves societal
respect and accommodation.
Inequality is social, not biologi¬
cal. If there are barriers to preg¬
nant women’s and new moth¬
ers’ full participation in all parts
of society, it is the fault of the
society, not women, and not
children. Denying life is anti¬
thetical to a movement that seeks
equality.

I urge our community to
think deeply about what actu¬
ally happens during an abortion
and avoid being deceived by a
smoke screen that diverts atten¬
tion from the real issue. Do not’-
be lured into violence by fol¬
lowing a crowd that advocates
choice without examining the
choices it advocates. Whenlife
is ended violently, choice is not
an applicable concept At con¬
ception. when two living cells
unite, what they produce must
be living. If not, exactly when
does that “mass of cells” be¬
come alive?

When its heart beats regu¬
larly (24 day* after conception)?
When brain waves are recorded
(day 40)? When the stomach,
liver, kidney, rod brain are func-

Tears for the night

I love the night; a walk in
moonlight, solitude under a
starry sky, catching my breath
as a shooting star carves an oc
across the blackness, being
touched by the mystical.

“Take Back the Night!”
“Better lighting for a safer com¬
munity!” I do not think that
better lighting would necessar¬
ily make a safer community. At
beat, it is a Band-Aid cure for a
deeper problem.

But the deeper problem was
what “Take Back die Nigfe”
was all about. I cried ■ I lis¬
tened to the stories of the women
and men who spoke in Proctor
Lounge last Thursday night.
Tears of mger, of frustration,
of bitterness and of a deep sad¬
ness traced salty tracks down
my cheeks.

I cried for the ignorance of
the men who look at me. or at
my woman, and see m assem¬
bly of body pals aid not the
mind or spirit they contain. I
cried for the women who be¬

lieve, as they have been taught
all their lives, that they are the
inferior gender, that they cannot
accomplish as much as men and
should be content with less.

I cried for the women who. in
their inferiority, believe that their
only worth lies in making the
men in their lives happy without
ever finding their own happi¬
ness.

I cried for the double sten-
dards and gender segregation that
make itpocsible for some people

to never realize that their actions
are unacceptable, derogatory,
abusive, damaging, dangerous
and iOegaL

I cried for the women who do
not yet know that there is moreto

life than striving to make their
reflection in the minor match
die elusive contrived ideal of
society.

I cried for the misconcep¬
tions that oe reflected in our
culture's values and in its expec¬
tations for men and far women. I
cried for all thoa e who h a v e been

raped, and for
allows it to ha

Do not forget the Holocaust

So do am i

■day Loot Monday night. Eli sands of stories woe told, they plained: “Death became a nor-
Ity- Wind, a llnlnr n m surv i vor would not suffice to make us native exparience; you livad in

who has wrinea ova fifty books. understand what it wm like ia a world of death.”
wife wm a goMtott Later wife Bob fee camps. Wieael’s book goes Currently, report! of Nazi
wig Costas. The book he was dis- imo gruesome detail hbout (he propaganda appearing in our
The coring was Night, aa account several hardship* he had to an- oountty,« well mothers mound
Ifeat of Ms tone m fee Nan cancan- dure, the first being his sepaa- the world, makes me cringe,
■me tafemcmqn. Since April is tion from hie mother and sister Children's computer games on
tour National llnlnr—st trmrm- by the simple command, “Men the death camp are dapianbie.
adea bonce Monfe. and mu mnrh is to the right, womoi to the left.” Reportx of radical groups, ba¬
con- don e or aaid here abom das ter- He aeva aaw them again. toning to Hitler’s speeches

on’s nUa aaomeot in oar fantasy. I For yean, he arm beaten, (though moot know no German),
yre- wanted to nmfce am campw starved, and overworked, and claiming the h oloc aus t did

ivatofiL Plan|ii fe

nety Qvarnx arillina Jews were to be killed, some were beaten, the camp* were created by fee
gem tefcm from fear eaammaifies rrhils others were shot like Jews to gain sympathy, sand a
■da- al ovor Earope and separated game. Ovor one million clnl- bunt of rage through my veins.

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EDITORIAL

The M i dd leb ury Campus

Thursday, April 23,0*2

_ Help Wanted:

As May 24 approaches, this year's graduating seniors look forward to their final round of labs, problem
sets, papers, and exams. But what comes next? Only 16 percent of the Class of 1991 left Middlebury with a

job secured for post-graduation. Likewise, most of this year's seniors will graduate with nothing on their
agenda for the coming year.

" Seniors often criticize Middlebury's Career Counseling and Placement office, and believe that their
inability to find employment is due in part to the fact that this office lacks the resources necessary to conduct
an effective job search from Vermont.

These criticisms are not unjustified.

Students seeking employment in areas other than financial services and education will be disappointed
when they visit CC&P. Information for jobs in communications, the arts, environmental fields, medicine,
not-for-profit organizations and the productive sector are lacking.

Although CC&P offers a library stocked with brochures about businesses in the financial services
sector, much of the information is dated, and the majority of it focuses on job opportunities in Now York,
Boston, Chicago, Minneapolis, and California. Other geographic locations are entirely overlooked.

According to counselors at CC&P, the appropriate information for most occupations can be found by
the student who searches for it.

We are aware that CC&P does not exist as a job placement service for students. But, if CC&P has the
resources it claims to have, why do so many students feel unsatisfied when they seek help?

Is the fact that such a minority of seniors find employment then a result of a general lack of motivation
for initiating a job search independently?

Not necessarily.

The problem lies, in part, in the fact that most students are unaware of the objectives of Middlebury's
career counseling services, and the resources which exist in the CC&P library. The five employees at CC&P
see themselves as advisors whose goal is to educate students about the process of conductinga comprehensive
job search while still at Middlebury, and for future job searches beyond their college years. A library and
library assistance are available for students to investigate career opportunities in different professions.
CC&P also offers a valuable alumni directory, organized by geographic location and profession, and

literatureaboutundeigraduateandpost-graduateintemships,summer employment, andgraduate schools.

Middlebury College prides itself on being a liberal arts institution which prepares students for an
abundance of post-graduate goals and experiences, and yet most students graduate without career plans.
CC&P needs to improve its services so that this varied student body, with a diversity of interests and skills
to offer, is provided with opportunities in fields other than financial services or education.

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Energy council assumes broader role

The Gadfly

Wc «rc writing to inform the the Council has tried hard to tight budget, we will now be goals will be to expand the cur-
Middlebury Community about encourage a renewed awareness able to side-step the budgeting rent recycling effort and to look
some of Energy Council’s re- of energy issues on campus, process. into the possibility of a College-

cent activities, to announce our through such programs as the As long as these projects wide composting system,
broader charge for next year, contest among residential halls have a probable pay-back of less Our main purpose in writing

and to solicit your suggestions and social houses to see which
for programs that can help the can reduce its energy use the
College become less wasteful. most.

The Energy Council, com- This winter, following a trip

posed of students, faculty, and to Dartmouth to learn about their

staff representatives, is ap- highly successful conservation
pointed annually by the College program, our Council proposed
Treasurer. It came into exist- toTreasurerDavidGinevanthat
ence during the energy crisis of Middleburytakeanew approach
the’70s, and helped Middlebury to funding major conservation
become a national leader in en- measures. Rather than having
ergy conservation during that to squeeze such improvements
period. as compact fluorescent lighting

Over die past several years and increased insulation out of a

Vampires exist at
Middlebury College

Middlebury College has the “Although we cannot actu-
honor of being peopled by a ally attend day time classes, no
very diverse throng. I mean that students actually do that any-
although everyone on campus way.
looks and dresses exactly alike, “With the exception of our

they still end up stratified and repulsion to synchilla, (which,
categorized into a great deal of along with Hamlin pizza, is ap-
unique institutions. parently more repugnant than

There are the College Anar- garlic and the cross) we fit right
chists, er. I mean the College in with the rest of the students.

Democrats, WRMC, the In fact, the only threat of expo-
MGLBA, the SDUs, the sure was a certain ex-president
phonemail, and countless other that tried to pass off his bite
champions of the individual marks as staple wounds.”
spirit “How would one identify a

We even have witches on denizen of the night?"I inquired,
campus. But, I am here to speak “We are always the last to

at length about no thing less than leave ‘social houses,’ and we
the vampires that lurk upon this enjoy spending extended peri-
shady hill in that vast arc tic waste ods of time in the Crest Room
called Middlebury, Vermont examining the evening's san-
I am not referring to the guinary selection,
blood-suckers at Old Chapel, After extended blood binges

but rather the genuine undead, we take on a manner that is not
not to be confused with The unlike that of die common in-
Grateful Dead. ebrialed lout, but we have a ten-

There are several of these dency to bare our fangs and in¬
creatures roaming among us, and (arrogate perspective victims
I was recently fortunate enough about the truth behind the
to catch if> with one while he Kennedy assassination."
was out having a drink. The “Do you miss mortality?” I
vampire whom I conversed with queried,
prefers not to have his name He laughed and with aston-
used, so I shall call him Clay. ishing speed, pulled a hamster
I met him some evenings out from under his futon (for
past in the smoking section of show; he has a coffin in die
the Crest Room. He was read- closet), and with uncommon

By Kevta Marshall

Two weeks ago, the Campus himbia, many of which were
treated us to an orgy, a veritable over 100 years old. Justice
Bacchanalia, of pro-choiceness: White, in his dissent, saw clesrly
six articles and a lovely top-o- through the majority’!
the-fold frontpage photo. While doubletalk when he called the
there was much smoke and many decis i o n , “m exercise of raw
minors, we saw no fire, that if, judicial power.”
no defense of the pro-choice po- With tins obstacle gone, we

sition. Rather, there was a froth- proceed to die final point Dis¬
ing of back-patting, slander, and cussions of abortion should fo-
dire warnings. cus on the status of the pais, not

When argument does arise on reproductive rights. For re-
over abortion, it quickly de- productive rights are derivative;
scends into hostility, because they rest on one’s view of the
people argue the wrong ques- pais,
dons. In the interest of turning If the pais it a human, then
the haggling into a debate of die an abortion destroys an irmo-
essential questions and thus cent humm life, what civilized
(pipedream of all pipedreams) countries call murder. No re-
approaching agreement, I offer productive rights ever supercede
the following. die prohibition against murder.

A general rule of courtesy is If die pais is not a human, repro-
to address people with the la- ductive rights are again irrel-
bels they give themselves; thus evant, for then an abortion just
our two sides are “pro-choice” eliminates an inanimate being,
and “pro-life.” Epithets such as much like removing a kidney,
“anti-choice,” comparisons to and no one would object to that,
the Irish Republican Army, and except maybe Dave Foreman,
inciteful generalizationshaveno So we should be debating when
place in civilized discussion. life begins.

We must next label the de- Viability will not do. For it

veloping being. Pro-choicers refuses to sit still. Medicine
prefer the term “fetus,” while continues to move die point of
pro-lifers use “prebom child.” I viability closer to conception,
herechoose the politically mean- so that Justice Blackmun's see¬
ing less word “pais.” ond trimester criterion has long

Next, let us dispense with been made laughable,
the hysteria over Roe v. Wade’s It also creates all sorts of

seemingly imminent death, impossible dilemmas. If a child
Anyone, or either side, who val- is bora a month prematurely but
ues the rule of law and prizes has undeveloped lungs and thus
our Constitution ought to wel- cannot survive, is it a human?
come the downfall of the twen- If, twenty years later, doctors
tieth century's equivalent of are able to keep alive the same
Dred Scott. sort of child, does this mean that

A justice who vote* to over- the passage of twenty yean has

Over the past several years the Council
has tried hard to encourage a renewed
awareness of energy issues on campus.

Regardless of whether it ought former was aot tinman Hfstnc
to be, abortion is not now a right dm latter is, awan though tfaa)
in the United States Constitu- were exactly the tame age.
tion, nor does the Constitution The choice thro appears tt
give die national government be betwee n co n ceptio n e nd birtl
any authority to legislate on ae poeeible beginning* of fan-
abortion. man life, both lidaa must con

The right to abortion is a sislently face the i m plicatio n s
judicially legislated right, rest- of their poaitions.
ing cn mother judicially cro- If life begins at conception
aled right, the right to privacy, then any abortion is murder, thi
which itself rests on a rather worst of all crimes. So pro-
loose interpretation and hodge- lifers cannot logically supporl
podge of fiveor six amendments, abortion bans which have ex
AO of these rights su ppos edl y captions for rape rod incest. Ii
ooze, from “penumbras” rod would be unjust to punish the
“emanations,” from the Bill of irmocent(thepais, here assumed
Rights. Sadly, the Justices of to be human) for someone else'i
1973 spent so much time dwell- crime,
ing in these shadows that they If life begins at birth, (her
lacked the light to read the ac- any abortion is fine, for any rea-
tual document they claimed to son rod at any point up to the
be expounding. day of birth. Bros on third tri

Faced with an, at best, vague mertar abortions must go. Pa-
right to privacy, and an even rental rod spousal notificatior
shakier right to « abortion, the rule* are foolish. Waiting peri
proper forum for decision, both ods make not sense. No one can
logically aid constitutionally, Aw.

is the democratic (tale govern- lion for sax reje ct io n (howevu
moi ls, not the appoi nt ed, unac- rare), amoa no hum a n is bsm|
count ablejreticca(eee the Tenth destroyed.

mature the general tone of dw soon. But let robs konret, civil
Constitution). and efficient, focaemg an tin

/ am not referring to the blood-suckers
at Old Chapek but rather the genuine
undeadt not to be confused with The
Grateful Dead.

ing the latest Anne Rice book
while enjoying a quid: mack,
and I do not mem mozz sticks.

“Excuse me,”he said, *T have
to tap a vein.” And he pro¬
ceeded to sink his fangs into the
bare neck of the buxom blonde-
draped across his lap.

“How rode of me.” he said,
smiling as the Mood dripped
from his mouth, “would you care
for a wee dram?” I replied that
I had serious moral qualms with
Upping anything on aThmday
night

Then he dabbed the sides of
his mouth, and we retired to his
lair to start the interview. He
express e d his desire that mor¬
tals not know his resting place,
ao we shall simply call it HmQey.

’Them me more of us on
campus that you might actually

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Campus Positions, Fall Semester, 1992

The following positions on The Campus are open for next fall. Newly elected staff members will
be trained and oriented at the end of Spring Term. The fall, 1992 staff will be chosen by the editorial
board.

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Applications for all positions will be available at the Student Information Desk in McCullough
beginning Thursday, April 23. Please return completed applications to Drawer 30 by May 4.
Interviews will be scheduled for May 8-10. If you have any questions please contact Peter Walsh, ext.
4693 or Lisa Balaschak, ext. 7015.

Managing Editor: Assists editor-in-chief. Responsible for editing, coordinating various sections
and sporadic trouble-shooting. Must be able to work with people and must have editing/writing
experience. Paid Position.

Advertising Manager: Responsible for soliciting ads on a weekly basis, laying ads out, and
keeping track of billing. Knowledge of Aldus Pagemaker helpful but not essential.Paid Position.

News Editor: Responsible for conceiving, assigning and editing news stories. Oversees layout of
section. Must be aware of campus news and have a mind for creative journalism.

^Features Editor: Responsible for the creation and assignment of novel, interesting and pertinent
story ideas. If you do not consider yourself quite good at squeezing creativity out of what will
become the barren desert of your mind, this position is not for you. Simultaneously, this position
offers an exiciting level of freedom, which allows the editor to shape the section as opposed to the
section shaping the editor.

*Sports Editor: Assigns and edits all sports stories. Must be sports-oriented and should be
familiar with members and coaches of Middlebury sports teams.

Opinions Editor: Responsible for soliciting and editing opinions pieces, letters to the editor and
editorial cartoons. Must have a keen interest in campus life and sharp eye for controversy.

*Photo Editor: In charge of creating and assigning photos. Must have good technical skills.
Creativity a necessity. Call Ed Soh at ext. 3922 if interested.

Copy Editor: Responsible for the elimination of all spelling, punctuation, and typographical
errors. Some late nights required. Above-average spelling and grammatical skills a must. Knowledge
of Pagemaker program a plus, but not a requirement. You will be part of a team of copyeditors, so
flexibility and an ability to work well with others would be advantageous. Paid Position.

Cartoonist: To submit regular cartoons. Artistic freedom ensured within limits. Call Jake Citrin at
ext. 3895 if interested.

Technical Consultant: Extensive knowledge of Microsoft, Aldus Pagemaker and computers in
general required.

* - Assistant positions also aVailble.